Darryl DeLoach

DeLoach joined Iron Butterfly in 1966, and his parents gave permission to use their garage as the bands rehearsal room. DeLoach left a year later after recording their first album Heavy, which featured him on co-lead vocals on every track and as songwriter for 8/10 of the songs (including the entire B-side).^[2][3] After leaving the band, he left music and worked as a restauranter in San Diego.^[4] He returned to singing in the 1980s and sang in clubs around California.^[5]

DeLoach died of liver cancer on October 3, 2002 in San Diego.^[4] He was 55.