"Scott had issues which messed up shows and caused embarrassment" ... Some have short memories. His issues caused tours, tours, not a handful of shows. Purple was cut short, Tiny Music barely got going before that was cancelled (a true pity if you see the setlst they were running), No.4? Scott was in jail when it got released, Shangri La, there 5th album was theyre first since Core that they could fully support. How much in sales did that cost them and more so there impact on the rock world?
But i guess thats a minor inconvienence