stevens signed a new management deal with freya miller in 1979 and went on to national and international success. barrett became embroiled in litigation for twenty years over unpaid royalties from several albums that had been written and produced under his guidance, but later rereleased to commercial success. in 1993 after 16 years of negotiations shakin' stevens found himself in cardiff high court alongside record producer dave edmunds facing charges of non-payment of royalties from former sunsets rockin' louie, carl petersen, steve percy and paul dolan. the prosecution claimed that the former band members were due a share of royalties which shaky and his management had received from the reissue of the album "a legend" in the early 1980s. the judge agreed and, while the unpaid royalties only amounted to around £70,000 to be divided amongst all of them, the court costs ended up costing shaky and dave edmunds £500,000.