I think L&O sold okay, but comparatively much weaker to anything FM or La Nicks sold.
I think he continued his solo carreer for the same reason - commercial success. He would love to have had a hit with the Go Insane material as well as his OOTC stuff. Same with the new stuff. It just did not happen. That is sad to me because the guy really is brilliant, even if his own stuff mostly is not for the masses and mostly by his own design.
But, I think his solo stuff was designed to be commercially viable, esp. the 80's stuff.
As for LB moving on - I am unsure. I hope he has - her too.
On edit - I like talking about this and my tone is jovial
