In 1996, the band released “Trial by Fire,” which included the hit single “When You Love a Woman.” It looked like a comeback was underway – until Perry suffered a hip injury while hiking in Hawaii.
His injury required surgery, but Perry was hesitant to go under the knife. The delay led to tensions with the band. Journey, needing to tour, gave him an ultimatum: get the surgery or they’d move on without him. Perry chose to walk away and became a recluse for the next 20 years.
Kellie Nash
But there was more to it than burnout.
Perry – had found love with a woman named Kellie Nash, a psychologist who had terminal cancer.
“I was loved by a lot of people, but I didn’t really feel it as much as I did when Kellie said it,” he told the Times. “Because she’s got better things to do than waste her time with those words.”
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