her Imagination Library<\/a>, which provides free books to children from birth to age 5.<\/p>\nThe band teased the cover as recently as Friday afternoon. <\/p>\n
However, Rebollo said the band had made its position clear to the label that they had \u201cno interest\u201d in the song anymore.<\/p>\n
Parton, who died Tuesday at 80, was expected to add vocals to the band\u2019s heavy version of her 1973 hit \u201cJolene.\u201d USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
Dolly Parton\u2019s family attends her funeral at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville, Tennessee, Aug. 28, 2026. Christopher Oquendo for NY Post<\/p>\n
\u201cWe, as an entity, told the label we had no interest in releasing the cover after learning of Dolly\u2019s unfortunate passing as her collaboration on the song was no longer a possibility, and we felt it would (understandably) be interpreted as somewhat of a capitalization on her passing from an outside perspective,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey went ahead and posted that we were releasing it anyway, despite efforts from more than one member, myself included, to oppose it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile the donation to her Imagination Library is an incredible choice to do something good with the profits, I can\u2019t help but feel there is ill intent behind the decision to release the song,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
AJ Rebollo announced his departure from the band in an Instagram statement Friday. @ajbends\/Instagram<\/p>\n
Rebollo claimed the dispute was part of a larger problem with how the band\u2019s business decisions were being handled.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the label completely disregarding numerous decisions we make out of passion, and ultimately just unknowingly exhausting the band\u2019s attempts to fully enjoy being here, I am no longer happy here,\u201d Rebollo wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe amount of hate, negativity, and harassment we receive on a daily basis due to decisions made outside of our control has taken a massive toll on our sanity.\u201d<\/p>\n
The band opposed releasing the \u201cJolene\u201d cover without Parton\u2019s vocals, fearing it would capitalize on the country legend\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n
Bad Wolves faced a similar situation in 2018, when the Cranberries singer Dolores O\u2019Riordan died<\/a> the day she was meant to record vocals for the band\u2019s cover of \u201cZombie,\u201d which was released without her.<\/p>\n\u201cZombie\u201d became the group\u2019s breakout hit, topping Billboard\u2019s Mainstream Rock chart for three weeks and eventually going three-times platinum in the US.<\/p>\n
Bad Wolves has gone through repeated lineup changes since then.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bad Wolves faced a similar situation in 2018, when Cranberries singer Dolores O\u2019Riordan died before recording vocals for \u201cZombie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Original singer Tommy Vext left the band in 2021, while guitarist Doc Coyle and bassist Kyle Konkiel departed in 2025.<\/p>\n
Daniel \u201cDL\u201d Laskiewicz, who replaced Vext, later left to join Falling in Reverse, and the band introduced Sara \u201cKillboy\u201d Skinner as its new singer this year.<\/p>\n
The latest fallout came Wednesday, when Bad Wolves were dropped from Christian rock group Skillet\u2019s upcoming tour after fans falsely claimed Skinner was a \u201ctrans OnlyFans b\u2014h.\u201d<\/p>\n
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