Leaving RCA, The Breakup, and Their Lasting Presence On Television
The band left RCA Records in early 1988. Isham left the band to pursue other options but was not replaced, as the band felt they no longer needed keyboards and wanted to take a newer and heavier direction. The remaining members began recording a new album in 1988 which they hoped to release sometime the following year, but those plans never occurred due to lack of any type of label support.
Richards also left the band around this time. However, in late 1988 the band once again toured briefly with new drummer Eddie Cross and continued to sporadically record. The band would eventually be offered a new deal with Epic in 1989, but negotiations fell through at the last minute.
In their short time they created three albums of music, toured with several famous bands, including Mötley Crüe, Heart, Aerosmith, Ronnie James Dio, Van Halen, Bryan Adams, and Whitesnake, but in the end could not sustain their own career.
Disappointed, the remaining members disbanded in December 1989 after only some six years together.
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