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Originally Posted by Shine
I don't think that will ever happen since the brothers had been trying to force Mike out since 1997.
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Actually, it goes back even farther. It's been said that Eddie wanted to fire Mike in 1981 and bring in Billy Sheehan. In an interview from that period, Eddie griped that Mike "Doesn't pull his weight." I don't know why Eddie felt that way, because Mike has always been there and done a good job.
When VH reunited with Sammy for the ill-fated 2004 tour, Sammy had to lobby to get Mike on board as the bassist. He had to sign away his songwriting credits in order to do the tour. Sammy and Mike were essentially paid employees of Eddie and Alex for that tour.