Editing Weather Report (section)

===1986: Final split===
Both Zawinul and Shorter were beginning to realise that the refreshing nature of other projects was more satisfying than Weather Report work, and both generally felt that the band had run its course.<ref name="Larkin"/>

In February 1986, the ''[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]'' announced that Shorter had left the band to concentrate on solo work.<ref>Varga, George. "Shorter Departs Weather Report". San Diego Union-Tribune. February 28, 1986.</ref> Having reluctantly agreed with Shorter that he would no longer use the band name, Zawinul then ended Weather Report. The final album under the Weather Report name, ''[[This is This!]]'', was released in June 1986 and fulfilled the band's contract with Columbia Records. Two of its tracks featured guitar work from [[Carlos Santana]], and it also marked the return of Peter Erskine on drums, with Hakim only appearing on one track.