mother’s) which compelled him to starve himself and prevented him from sleeping, relaxing or playing drums. His physicians misdiagnosed the problems and instead treated him for alcohol abuse. While on tour with Joe Cocker in the early 1970s, Gordon reportedly punched his then-girlfriend Rita Coolidge in a hotel hallway, thereby ending their relationship. Murder of mother, conviction and incarceration On June 3, 1983, Gordon attacked his 72-year-old mother, Osa Marie Gordon, with a hammer before fatally stabbing her with a butcher knife; he claimed that a voice told him to kill her. Only after his arrest for murder was Gordon properly diagnosed with schizophrenia. At his trial, the court accepted that he had acute schizophrenia, but he was not allowed to use an insanity defense because of changes to California law due to the Insanity Defense Reform Act. On July 10, 1984, Gordon was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison. He was first eligible for parole in 1991, but parole has been denied several times as he has never attended a parole hearing. In 2014, he declined to attend his hearing and was denied parole until at least 2018. A Los Angeles deputy district attorney stated at the hearing that he was still "seriously psychologically incapacitated" and "a danger when he is not taking his medication". In November 2017, Gordon was rediagnosed with schizophrenia. On March 7, 2018, Gordon was denied parole for the tenth time and was tentatively scheduled to become eligible again in March 2021. , he was serving his sentence at the California Medical Facility, a medical and psychiatric prison in Vacaville, California. Partial discography During his career, Gordon played with a long list of musicians and record producers, including: Peter Allen: Taught by Experts Duane Allman: An Anthology Hoyt Axton: My Griffin Is Gone Joan Baez: Diamonds & Rust; From Every Stage; Gulf Winds; Blowin' Away The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds; Smiley Smile; Friends; 20/20 The Beau Brummels: Triangle Stephen Bishop: Careless Cilla Black: It Makes Me Feel Good Bread: Bread Teresa Brewer: 16 Most Requested Songs Jackson Browne: The Pretender Jack Bruce: Out of the Storm The Byrds: The Notorious Byrd Brothers The Carpenters: Horizon; A Kind of Hush; Interpretations Chad and Jeremy : The Ark Cher: Stars Eric Clapton: Eric Clapton Gene Clark: Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen Judy Collins: Who Knows Where the Time