Overview
- AJ Rebollo said Friday he resigned from Bad Wolves after two years, calling the decision to move forward with the cover the “final nail in the coffin.”
- Better Noise Music still intends to release the band’s heavy version of “Jolene” without Parton’s vocals and has said some proceeds will go to the Imagination Library.
- Rebollo said the band told the label it had no interest in releasing the song after Parton’s death because her contribution was impossible and the timing would look like capitalization on her passing.
- He also accused the label of “ill intent” and cited long‑running business‑control disputes and daily harassment that he says damaged the band’s wellbeing.
- The episode follows a pattern for Bad Wolves — including the 2018 release of “Zombie” after Dolores O’Riordan’s death and recent lineup turnover and a tour removal over false online claims about the new singer — and raises reputational and commercial risks for the group and its label.