STATUS QUO - PARFITT: 'DEPRESSION LEFT ME A TERRIBLE MESS'

STATUS QUO star RICK PARFITT credits his son RICHARD for preventing his life from spiralling out of control after suffering a bout of depression. The rocker went on a drinking binge after the breakdown of his second marriage in 2005 and moved in with his then-27-year-old son Richard, the offspring from his first wife, Marietta Boeker. The rocker's welfare deteriorated rapidly and it was left to Richard to come to his aid, urging him to clean up his lifestyle and spend more time with his family. Parfitt recalls, "I crawled into a vodka bottle and Richard would find me in a state of collapse at 3am - on my own. I was in a terrible mess. "It got to the point where I didn't want to go out, I lost my confidence and my self esteem and I didn't know what to do. "(But then) Richard would say, 'Come on dad, come out with me. Do something. Go and play golf.'"