 In August 2015, midway through the band's tour, bassist Herman was fired from the band, for originally unspecified reasons, and replaced with Clara Salyer.In December 2015, Herman claimed the reason she had been asked to leave the band was due to an article she had written for the website Boing Boing on the sexual assault of Runaways bassist Jackie Fox by manager Kim Fowley in 1975 and Joan Jett's denial of having witnessed it.Herman stated that because of Barbero's business connections with Jettnamely Barbero producing an album for a band under Jett's record label, Blackheart RecordsHerman was kicked out of the band.