His father Mick played with Galway in the 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final loss to his native Kerry.
He again lined out in a Kerry Senior Football Championship final but was on the losing side in 2001.
For the third year in a row Laide faced Tyrone, this time in the All-Ireland semi-final.
[7] His first appearances at senior level came during the second half of the 1989–90 National Football League when he lined out against Dublin, Cavan and Cork.
However it was a day to forget as Kerry suffered one of the biggest championship losses, going down on a 2-23 to 1-11 scoreline.
[11] He marked his return to championship football with 1-02 in a 2-19 to 0-08 win over Limerick in the Munster quarterfinal .
Laide was on the losing side as Kerry failed for the second season in a row to qualify for the Munster final.
[14] He made his first Munster Championship appearance since 1994 when he lined out in a semi-final was over Tipperary seen Kerry qualify for the final where they faced Clare.
Laide had lined out in the 1992 Munster final when Clare socked his side, however this time there was no such surprise as Laide put in a Man of the Match display with 1-02 and picked up his first Munster Senior Football Championship title after a 1-17 to 1-10 scoreline.
After an indifferent 1997–98 National Football League Laide and co qualified for another Munster final after a semi-final win over Cork.
In the final Kerry faced Tipperary with 0-02 from Laide helping his side and him to another second Munster title in a row after a 0-17 to 1-10 win.
In the All-Ireland semi-final Kerry faced surprise Linster champions Kildare.
Kildare had already seen off two of the last three All-Ireland winners on route to the semi-final and despite being underdogs the Kerrymen fell to a 0-13 to 1-09 loss.