Why M.L. Rio spent 18 months living in her car to write ‘Hot Wax’

Why M.L. Rio spent 18 months living in her car to write ‘Hot Wax’

After ten-year-old Suzanne Delgado watched her parents’ marriage disintegrate, she leapt at a chance to go on tour with her father, who she adored; Gil Delgado, brimming with melody and charisma, was finally on the verge of breaking through, to becoming “somebody.”  But Gil and the Kills were a combustible bunch, and life on the road with a hard-driving band, while exhilarating, was ultimately no place for a little girl. The resulting conflagrat…