Editing Alabama (band) (section)

===2015–present: New music and death of Jeff Cook===
The band released their first new studio album in 14 years, ''[[Southern Drawl (album)|Southern Drawl]]'', on September 18, 2015, via BMG Chrysalis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theboot.com/alabama-southern-drawl/|title=Alabama Announce 'Southern Drawl,' First Album of New Songs in 14 Years|work=The Boot|date=July 28, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731002949/http://theboot.com/alabama-southern-drawl/|archive-date=July 31, 2015}}</ref> In 2016, Alabama was selected as one of 30 artists to perform on "''Forever Country''", a mash-up track of "[[Take Me Home, Country Roads]]", "[[On the Road Again (Willie Nelson song)|On the Road Again]]", and "[[I Will Always Love You]]" that celebrates 50 years of the [[CMA Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/scenes-cmas-historic-music-video-featuring-30-country/story?id=42129062|title=30 Country Music Stars Join Forces for Historic CMA Music Video|date=22 September 2016|website=ABC News|access-date=28 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730231526/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/scenes-cmas-historic-music-video-featuring-30-country/story?id=42129062|archive-date=30 July 2017}}</ref>

In April 2017, guitarist Jeff Cook announced in a video that he would reduce the number of shows for which he would be in attendance while the band was on tour, due to his struggle with [[Parkinson's disease|Parkinson's]]. He had been diagnosed four years prior, and this was his first public announcement about his condition.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ew.com/music/2017/04/11/alabama-jeff-cook-parkinsons-diagnosis/|title=Alabama's Jeff Cook Announces Parkinson's Diagnosis|date=2017-04-11|work=EW.com|access-date=2017-04-11|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411220141/http://ew.com/music/2017/04/11/alabama-jeff-cook-parkinsons-diagnosis/|archive-date=2017-04-11}}</ref>

In August 2021, the band sold its interest in its recorded music rights catalog to Reservoir Media.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Peoples|first=Glenn|title=Alabama Sells Recorded Music Catalog to Reservoir Media|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/publishing/9621954/alabama-reservoir-media-recorded-music-catalog/|date=August 30, 2021|access-date=August 30, 2021|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> Cook died from complications of [[Parkinson's disease]] on November 7, 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/11/08/jeff-cook-alabama-2022-band-co-founding-member-dies/69611215007/ | title=Jeff Cook, co-founding member of country band Alabama, dies at 73 | work=[[The Tennessean]] | date=November 8, 2022 | accessdate=November 8, 2022 | author=Matthew Leimkuehler}}</ref>