Editing Chicago (band) (section)

=== Status of Walter Parazaider ===
For several years, the exact status of Walter Parazaider as a current member or former member was unclear. A 2017 article said Parazaider retired due to a heart condition, but was still "technically" part of the group.<ref name="Price NJHerald 2017" /> Another 2017 article said that Ray Herrmann had become a full-time touring member, but that "Parazaider is still a band member and performs with the group for certain events."<ref name="Sculley July2017" /> According to a 2018 article, Parazaider "officially retired" in 2017.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Linhart |first=Warren |date=July 23, 2018 |title=Chicago charter member: 'I'd like us to be remembered as a good band with good musicians' |url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2018/07/chicago_and_a_whole_lot_of_history_preps_for_lakeview_show.html |access-date=April 14, 2023 |website=syracuse |language=en |archive-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414001715/https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2018/07/chicago_and_a_whole_lot_of_history_preps_for_lakeview_show.html |url-status=live }}</ref> By August 10, 2018, Ray Herrmann was shown as a member of the band, and Parazaider was not, on the group's official website.<ref name=":2" /> While Parazaider at times had been referred to as a non-touring member of the group,<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 5, 2022 |title=Brian Wilson and Chicago at the Five Point Amphitheater |url=https://www.musicconnection.com/brian-wilson-and-chicago-at-the-five-point-amphitheater/ |access-date=April 14, 2023 |website=Music Connection Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414151201/https://www.musicconnection.com/brian-wilson-and-chicago-at-the-five-point-amphitheater/ |url-status=live }}</ref> he did not appear on either of the studio albums released since his retirement, 2019's ''[[Chicago XXXVII: Chicago Christmas|Chicago Christmas]],<ref name="TheSecondDisc" />''<ref>''Chicago XXXVII: Chicago Christmas'' (2019), liner notes</ref> and 2022's ''[[Chicago XXXVIII: Born for This Moment|Born for This Moment]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greco, Jr. |first=Ralph |date=July 16, 2022 |title=Chicago {{!}} Born For This Moment – New Studio Release Review |url=https://vintagerock.com/chicago-born-for-this-moment-new-studio-release-review/ |access-date=April 23, 2023 |website=VintageRock.com |language=en-US |archive-date=April 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423110520/https://vintagerock.com/chicago-born-for-this-moment-new-studio-release-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Chicago XXXVIII: Born for This Moment |year=2022 |type=booklet |publisher=[[BMG Rights Management|BMG]]}}</ref> In 2021, Parazaider revealed he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.<ref name="VCF" />