my ex wife had a cousin who played rythm guitar for the band "Survivor" and had the Gold record for "Eye of the Tiger" that she bought from him for $300.
He used to call her all the time begging for money. He got $4 million dollars lump sum for "Eye of the Tiger", but she said he blew through it in about 2 years on coke and coke whores in Santa Monica , living on the streets now, I offered to let him stay with us to get on his feet, but she said no way, hes a thief and would rob us blind
No one clued the guitarist in that the one bringing cocaine and hookers into his life was most likely his agent.
The agent looked at him as nothing more than a source of revenue. What he wasn't getting in commissions, he was going to get in kickbacks from a drug dealers and pimps.
The agent also hoped the musician would sell him the rights to the music at a drug addict discount.
but she said he blew through it in about 2 years on coke and coke whores in Santa Monica
The rest of the money he just squandered.