Rock legend Rick Parfitt dumps his THIRD wife following series of furious rows about his health and finances
The 67-year-old rocker is expected to quit their villa this weekend after dumping wife over the phone
STATUS Quo star Rick Parfitt has dumped his third wife by phone after rows over his health and money.
The guitarist, who had a fourth heart attack on tour in June, told Lyndsay he has “had enough”.
The 67-year-old rocker was expected to quit their villa in Spain this weekend.
His wife, who married him in 2006, has been left to care for their eight-year-old twins Tommy and Lily and her mother, 85. Lyndsay, 56, diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago, said: “We have separated but I don’t want to say anything.”
However, friends revealed the couple clashed over Rick’s lifestyle and their finances.
Last week he was in England to retake his driving test and was yesterday due to move into a rented villa close to the family’s Marbella home.
That five-bedroom place is for sale for £1.5million through the couple’s estate agents Status Homes. A friend said: “Rick phoned Lyndsay the other day to say he’d had enough and was moving out.
“She’s furious. One minute she was caring for him and trying to sort out his finances — the next she was dumped.
“The relationship has been tempestuous and now there is no going back.
“One minute she was caring for him and trying to sort out his finances – the next she was dumped.
“Now she has to care for their twins at the same time she is looking after her elderly mother who is in poor health.
“Lyndsay is feeling very low and vulnerable.
“They hardly ever communicate and she is constantly worried about their finances in the future. Rick’s lifestyle and health problems have added to the strain.”
Despite 65 chart hits with Quo, a lifetime of sex, booze and drugs has left Rick with health and money issues, according to a source.
In June he was airlifted to hospital after a heart attack in Antalya, Turkey, while on tour.
Father-of-four Rick had a quadruple heart bypass in 1997 and survived heart attacks in 2011 and 2014.
He said: “When you live the rock ‘n’ roll life you pay for it sooner or later.”
Rick has pulled out of an upcoming Quo tour.
Manager Simon Porter said: “He continues to be a member and is rewarded accordingly.”