Editing Alabama (band) (section)

===2004–2014: Reunions and lawsuit against Mark Herndon===
In the ensuing years, Owen stayed active as a solo act, Cook with his Allstar Goodtime Band and Gentry as a producer and with his band Rockit City.<ref name=usatoday>{{cite journal| last =Mansfield| first =Brian| date =April 5, 2013| title =On the Road Again: Alabama celebrates 40 years| journal =[[USA Today]]| url =https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/04/05/alabama-40th-anniversary-tour-on-the-road-again/2056529/| url-status =live| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20161002004325/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/04/05/alabama-40th-anniversary-tour-on-the-road-again/2056529/| archive-date =October 2, 2016}}</ref> Herndon and the other group members had a difficult relationship during the band's career.<ref name=tenn1>{{cite journal| last =Watts| first =Cindy| date =August 23, 2013| title =Alabama's Randy Owen says drummer Mark Herndon wasn't invited to reunion| journal =[[The Tennessean]]| url =http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2013/08/23/alabamas-randy-owen-says-drummer-mark-herndon-wasnt-invited-to-reunion/| access-date =July 6, 2014| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://archive.today/20140709091904/http://blogs.tennessean.com/tunein/2013/08/23/alabamas-randy-owen-says-drummer-mark-herndon-wasnt-invited-to-reunion/| archive-date =July 9, 2014}}</ref> While he was present in each press photo and a photo of him once hung at Alabama's fan club and museum, Owen contended that he was never an official member of the group. He claimed his inclusion in photos was the label's idea, and that Herndon was a paid employee of the band, rather than a member.<ref name="tenn1"/> In May 2008, the other members of the group sued Herndon for $202,670 in money allegedly overpaid to him three years earlier after the band's farewell tour concluded.<ref name="herndon"/> This money was factored into the net profit and given to Herndon before accounting was completed, an allegation Herndon has denied. The band did not sue Herndon until he requested money from the multiple live albums and songs that the band had released but never paid Herndon for playing on.<ref name=herndon>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-06-07-alabama-sues-drummer_N.htm|title=Country group Alabama sues drummer for $200K|date=June 7, 2008|work=[[USA Today]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210020316/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2008-06-07-alabama-sues-drummer_N.htm|archive-date=December 10, 2011}}</ref> Owen stated that RCA desired Herndon in the band so their image could be comparable to [[the Beatles]].<ref name="tenn"/> Despite their troubles, he stated they had no hard feelings in an interview years later: "I don't have one thing against him in any way in the world."<ref name="tenn"/>

Owen was diagnosed with [[prostate cancer]] in 2010, but he was later given a clean bill of health, which led to the band's reunion, without Herndon.<ref name="tenn"/> Following [[2011 Super Outbreak|a series of tornadoes]] destroying homes and businesses throughout their state in 2011, Alabama assembled a benefit concert in [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], called Bama Rising.<ref name="tenn"/> Featuring the band's first set since 2004, alongside [[Luke Bryan]], [[Sheryl Crow]] and [[Brad Paisley]], the concert raised $2.1&nbsp;million. "I guess we realized that maybe we missed the playing&nbsp;... and five or six years had gone by and we were like, 'Maybe that wasn't as bad as we remember it being,'" said Gentry.<ref name="tenn"/> In celebration of the group's 40th anniversary, Alabama resumed touring in 2013 for the Back to the Bowery tour, referencing the Myrtle Beach club where they first became professional musicians.<ref name="usatoday"/> They also undertook a short cruise, The Alabama & Friends Festival at Sea, which left for the [[Bahamas]] on Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Pearl ship.<ref name=reuters>{{cite news| last =Hackett| first =Vernell| date =April 5, 2013| title =Country band Alabama back on road, 10 years after saying goodbye| work =[[Reuters]]| url =https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-alabama-idUSBRE9340UN20130405| access-date =July 6, 2014| url-status =live| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140714125325/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/05/entertainment-us-alabama-idUSBRE9340UN20130405| archive-date =July 14, 2014}}</ref> In addition, the band released ''[[Alabama & Friends]]'', a [[tribute album]] encompassing covers from newer artists such as [[Jason Aldean]] and [[Florida Georgia Line]], in addition to two new tracks by Alabama.<ref name="tenn"/>