“or it could be over Oates singing their songs in solo acts”
I hardly think that can be the point, since Daryl regularly sang their songs in his solo podcast, without Oates (Oates did come on the podcast once or twice though).
What exactly did Oates do?
Kind of like that other guy in Wham.
Hall did most the of the song writing. And had all the cool partnerships outside H&O. Daryl’s Place is the best music show out there.