Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth
Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth and his dog Russell at their Pasadena home. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
David Lee Roth at his Pasadena home. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
David Lee Roth at his Pasadena home. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
David Lee Roth at his Pasadena home. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
David Lee Roth at his Pasadena home. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
David Lee Roth and his dog Russell at their Pasadena home. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
David Lee Roth at his Pasadena home. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
David Lee Roth at his Pasadena home. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
David Lee Roth at his Pasadena home. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Wearing his “Grapes of Roth” look, David Lee Roth sits atop an equipment box at his Pasadena home. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Eddie Van Halen, right, and David Lee Roth perform at Cafe Wha? in New York on Jan. 5, 2012. (Charles Sykes / Associated Press)
David Lee Roth, left, Alex Van Halen and Eddie Van Halen performat Staples Center in Los Angeles on Nov. 20, 2007. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
David Lee Roth performs at UMB Bank Pavilion in Maryland Heights, Mo., on June 7, 2002. (Bill Greenblatt / For The Times)