Editing Badfinger (section)

===A reunion, another break-up, and Evans's suicide===
Later in 1977, United States–based drummer Kenny Harck and guitarist Joe Tansin recruited Molland to start a new band.<ref name="ElektraandRadio"/> When they needed a bass player, Molland suggested Evans, who joined after a visit to California in 1978. Encouragement from the [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] record company led to the decision to rename the new band Badfinger. Their "comeback" album, ''[[Airwaves (Badfinger album)|Airwaves]]'', was released in 1979.<ref name="BadfingerAlbumsBillboard"/> Harck was fired from the band during the sessions and Tansin left the band immediately after the album was completed.{{sfn|Matovina|2000|p=325}} To promote the album Molland and Evans recruited [[Tony Kaye (musician)|Tony Kaye]] (ex-[[Yes (band)|Yes]]) on keyboards,{{sfn|Crouse|2000|p=183}} and Peter Clarke on drums from [[Stealers Wheel]].<ref name="VH1FullBiog"/> The single "Love is Gonna Come at Last" from ''Airwaves'' reached No. 69 on the ''Billboard'' chart.<ref name="BadfingerChartHistoryBillboard"/> With Glenn Sherba added on second guitar and Richard Bryans (from the band Aviary) replacing Clarke on drums, Badfinger released their second post-Ham album, ''[[Say No More (Badfinger album)|Say No More]]'', in 1981,<ref name="BadfingerAlbumsBillboard"/> with the album being distributed by Radio Records.<ref name="ElektraandRadio">{{cite web|url=http://www.badfingersite.com/history-of-badfinger/elektra-and-radio-records|title=Elektra and Radio Records|publisher=Badfinger|access-date=26 April 2011|archive-date=30 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030032650/http://www.badfingersite.com/history-of-badfinger/elektra-and-radio-records/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The second single, "[[Hold On (Badfinger song)|Hold On]]", reached number 56 on the ''Billboard'' charts.<ref name="BadfingerChartHistoryBillboard"/>

The Warner Brothers lawsuit against Polley lasted four years, with Polley finally being forced to pay a "substantial sum" back to the company in late 1978.{{sfn|Beatlefan|1990|p=78}} However, Polley managed to retain approximately half of the original $100,000 escrow payment, representing about three albums' worth of payments.{{sfn|Matovina|2000|p=329}}  In 1987, detective John Hansen, working for the [[Riverside, California|Riverside]] District Attorney's office, started an investigation into fraudulent bank dealings by Polley.{{sfn|Matovina|2000|p=404}}

After the failure of ''Say No More'', Molland and Evans operated rival touring bands, each using the name "Badfinger", during 1982 and 1983, which created even more personal and professional conflict. In 1982, Evans teamed with pre-1975 Badfinger members Jackson and Gibbins, first adding guitarist Adam Allen,<ref name="GibbinsobituaryGuardian"/> and then, in the fall of 1982, adding guitarists Reed Kailing of [[the Grass Roots]] and ([[Chicago (band)|Chicago's]]) [[Donnie Dacus]].{{sfn|Matovina|2000|p=362}}

In 1983 Evans and [[Bob Jackson (musician)|Jackson]] were joined by post-1975 Badfinger members Kaye and Sherba, with drummer Lenny Campanaro.{{sfn|Matovina|2000|p=346}} Meanwhile, for his Badfinger concerts, Molland had teamed with post-1975 member Tansin. Evans and Jackson signed a management contract with Milwaukee businessman John Cass, which led to a disastrous tour and a $5 million lawsuit, which was finally settled on 21 October 1985, in Cass's favour, although both musicians argued that their responsibilities of the contract could not be enforced because certain management obligations had not been performed.{{sfn|Matovina|2000|pp=356–359}} Early in 1983, Evans and Jackson, with assistance from new member Al Wodtke, completed four demos in [[Minneapolis]], under the name "Badfinger". The demos included Jackson's "I Won't Forget You", a tribute to Ham. The songs were briefly promoted but failed to generate strong interest, despite the involvement of Don Powell, who was a manager for musicians such as [[David Bowie]] and [[Stevie Wonder]].{{sfn|Matovina|2000|p=372}}

On the night of 18 November 1983,{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=325}} Evans and Molland had an extensive and heated argument on the telephone regarding past Badfinger income still in escrow from the Apple era,<ref name="TheLamronNightmare">{{cite web|first=Andy|last=Pareti|url=http://media.www.thelamron.com/media/storage/paper1150/news/2007/04/19/ArtsEntertainment/Music.Flashback.The.Nightmare.Of.Badfinger-2853263.shtml|title=Music Flashback: The nightmare of Badfinger|publisher=The Lamron|date=19 April 2007|access-date=8 August 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029204022/http://media.www.thelamron.com/media/storage/paper1150/news/2007/04/19/ArtsEntertainment/Music.Flashback.The.Nightmare.Of.Badfinger-2853263.shtml|archive-date=29 October 2007}}</ref> and the "Without You" songwriting royalties Evans was now receiving, which Molland, former manager Collins and Gibbins all wanted a share of. Following this argument, 36-year-old Evans hanged himself in the garden at his home in New Haw, Surrey, on the morning of 19 November 1983.{{sfn|Simmonds|2008|p=181}} He was cremated at the Woking Crematorium, Surrey, on 25 November 1983.{{sfn|Matovina|2000|p=390}}