Poor El...Drugs have, mentally, physically and emotionally, raped him and his siblings, for many years...It's a sad story, but, they, still, can, once again, reunite, as a musical group, and give their fans what they've long been waiting for...One of the major causes, undoubtedly, of their fall from the ladder of success, pesonally and professionally, was when the record label they were signed to decided to separate El from the group, in order to make him a solo artist...Record companies have been the main causal factor, in the destruction of the family and friendships, of the lives of many musical artists'...That, said, however, the artists have to shoulder some of that blame, also, because without the artist's consent, he/she could and would not have separated from thier respective bands...Also, record companies and some greedy producers have dug deep into the pockets of some of the artists signed to them and, in some cases, left them almost broke...TLC and Toni Braxton can attest to that!