The "times were not hard" at all for Ed Parker. Losing a close friend was hard, of course, but Ed stayed at my home to save travel time (from Pasadena to Lake Forest). He had a tight deadline for the book. That's why he asked for my help. We worked around the clock to get the manuscript to the publisher. Then we went on the book tour. That's when Ed took me to Graceland and met with Elvis' dad.
There were a lot of discussions about Elvis, only a small fraction of which made it into the book, but no mention of "HS" at the time...Red West, yes, "HS" no.
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