Editing Sly and the Family Stone (section)

=== Sly Stone's later career ===
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Sly recorded two more albums for Epic: ''[[High on You (Sly Stone album)|High on You]]'' (1975) and ''[[Heard You Missed Me, Well I'm Back]]'' (1976). ''High on You'' was billed as a Sly Stone solo album; ''Heard You Missed Me'' was a Sly and the Family Stone album in name only. Although Sly continued to collaborate with some of the original Family Stone members on occasion, the actual band no longer existed. Sly played most of the instruments on the record himself; he maintained a band to support him for live shows. Among his main collaborators were Cynthia Robinson and Pat Rizzo from the Family Stone, and background vocalists [[Lynn Mabry]] and [[Dawn Silva]], who parted with Sly in 1977 and formed [[The Brides of Funkenstein]] in 1978. Epic released Stone from his contract in 1977, and in 1979 released ''10 Years Too Soon'', a [[remix]] album featuring [[disco]] versions of the 1960s Family Stone hits.

Sly signed with [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]] and recorded ''[[Back on the Right Track]]'' (1979). Although the album featured contributions from Freddie and Rose Stone, Sly remained unable to return to the success of his late '60s and early '70s fame.<ref name="ErlewineSly" /> He toured with [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] and Funkadelic during the late 1970s and early 1980s, and also appeared on the 1981 Funkadelic album ''[[The Electric Spanking of War Babies]]''. That year, Clinton and Sly began work on a new Sly Stone album; however, recording halted when Clinton and Funkadelic disputed with and left Warner Bros. Records in late 1981.<ref name="AintBut">Birchmeier, Jason. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r50298|pure_url=yes}} Review of ''Ain't But the One Way'' by Sly and the Family Stone]. All Music Guide. Retrieved on February 4, 2007.</ref> When Sly disappeared into seclusion, producer [[Stewart Levine]] completed the album, which was released as ''[[Ain't But the One Way]]'' in 1982. The album sold poorly and received mixed critical reception, but Sly made an appearance on ''[[Late Night With David Letterman]]'' that year.<ref name="AintBut" /> Overcome by drug addictions, Sly Stone toured the United States with various backup acts. In June 1983 in Ft. Myers, Florida, he was arrested on drug possession and entered court-ordered drug rehabilitation in 1983. Once released, Sly continued sporadically releasing new singles and collaborations until a 1987 arrest and conviction for cocaine possession and use. Afterwards, he stopped releasing music.

In 1992, Sly and the Family Stone appeared on the [[Red Hot Organization]]'s dance compilation album, ''[[Red Hot + Dance]]'', contributing an original track, "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Todds CD Mix)". The album attempted to raise awareness and money in support of the AIDS epidemic, and all proceeds were donated to AIDS charities.

In 2009 the documentary [[Coming Back for More (film)|''Coming Back for More'']] was released. Sly tells director [[:nl:Willem Alkema|Willem Alkema]] about his conflicts with his manager [[Jerry Goldstein (producer)|Jerry Goldstein]] and that because of this he is forced to live in hotels.

On August 16, 2011, the album ''[[I'm Back! Family & Friends]]'' was released. The album features re-recorded versions of Sly and the Family Stone's greatest hits with guest appearances from [[Jeff Beck]], [[Ray Manzarek]], [[Bootsy Collins]], [[Ann Wilson]], [[Carmine Appice]], and [[Johnny Winter]], as well as three previously unreleased songs.

One month later, on September 25, 2011, the ''New York Post'' reported that Sly Stone was now homeless and living out of a white camper-van in Los Angeles: "The van is parked on a residential street in Crenshaw, the rough Los Angeles neighborhood where [[Boyz n the Hood]] was set. A retired couple makes sure he eats once a day, and Stone showers at their house."<ref>{{cite web|last=Alkema|first=Willem|title=Funk legend Sly Stone homeless and living in a van in LA|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/the_rise_and_fall_of_sly_stone_qijyKoYzmAqer1PA0YogSJ|work=New York Post|date=September 25, 2011 |access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref>