Despite Dennis' blossoming as a songwriter in the late 60s and 70s, other than his notable songwriting contributions to Forever, the majority of his songs was routinely rejected by the other Beach Boys members for inclusion onto later Beach Boys albums in the 70s. By the time of Brian's gradual return to the group in the mid 70s, Brian took back over the crux of Beach Boys songwriting and Dennis was further relegated from songwriting duties in the process, a return of the 60s Beach Boys line-up. Two distinct cliques would be formed in the Beach Boys in the 70s: on one side, composed of Dennis and Carl, wanted to continue an experimental sound like Pet Sounds. On the other, composed of Love and Jardine, wanted to pursue commercial success and release material that was more nostalgic to their earlier sound. With Brian's return, Love and Jardine would also win the artistic struggle over Dennis and Carl as the Beach Boys pursued a more commercial sound from the mid 70s onwards, all of which played a role in Dennis' subsequent mental deterioration through substance abuse and his death in 1983. After Dennis' death, some of his unreleased work with the Beach Boys was released in later Beach Boys compilation albums such as 2013's Made in California.
On September 3, after completing the final date of a northeastern U.S. tour, the internal wrangling came to a head. Following a confrontation on an airport tarmac – a spectacle that a bystanding Rolling Stone journalist compared to the ending of Casablanca – Dennis declared that he had left the band.
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