His drinking, which was always pretty heavy, had gotten worse. If you've never experienced them, 3:00 a.m. calls where someone yells at you for 45 minutes and then cries and tells you he'll kill himself if you ever leave are pretty wearing on the psyche. Even though I loved him, I recognized that he was deeply flawed and I was never going to be able to fix what was wrong. He came over after a gig one night and I told him it was over.