@TitsMcGhee : I can think of a few more that should probably be “forgiven” :
Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, Frank Sinatra, and John Fogerty
All of these guys went thru a decade or so long drought (when it just “wasn’t happening anymore”) as far as their quality of work goes, but eventually made a “comeback”
Im glad they didn’t give up