Im with Legsbaby on this one..Ray did lose the funkpass after "Ghostbusters". Right around that time he started focusing on his looks/image and became "Billy Dee Parker"..I think he even did an action movie in 1985..The stuff he did before that (Raydio) was pretty slick. Ray Parker Jr. interested me because I remember seeing an article on him (and like Prince) he played everything, so that's what hipped me to him. I saw him recently on tv and he's still active in producing and writing. (He also married the woman in the "Ghostbusters" video too.)