 Parsons ' dominance over the band waned still further during post @-@ production for Sweetheart of the Rodeo , when his appearance on the album was contested by music business impresario Lee Hazlewood , who alleged that the singer was still under contract to his LHI record label , creating legal complications for Columbia Records . As a result of this , McGuinn and Hillman replaced Parsons ' lead vocals on the songs " You Don 't Miss Your Water " , " The Christian Life " , and " One Hundred Years from Now " before the legal problems could be resolved . However , album producer Gary Usher would later put a different slant on the events surrounding the removal of Parsons ' vocals by telling his biographer Stephen J. McParland that the alterations to the album arose out of creative concerns , not legal ones ; Usher and the band were both worried that Parsons ' contributions were dominating the record and so , his vocals were excised in an attempt to increase McGuinn and Hillman 's presence on the album . In the album 's final running order , Parsons is still featured as lead vocalist on the songs " You 're Still on My Mind " , " Life in Prison " , and " Hickory Wind " . 
