Sad. Mike Love was in the habit of suing Cousin Brian every few years or for various and sundry ways Mike thought Brian owed him money, but at the end of the day they were family ... and close friends in their youth.
Love collaborated on a lot of songs from 1962-1967 but never got any money or even credit . One reason for the suits .
“In 1992, Love, along with Jardine and several Wilson family members, sued Brian for defamation regarding claims made in his 1991 memoir Wouldn’t It Be Nice: My Own Story. The case was settled out of court by publisher HarperCollins, who awarded Love $1.5 million. “