[6] By the later part of the decade, Ilacad left Vicor to form a new company called Canary Records (later renamed OctoArts International), with Del Rosario also leaving the company soon after to pursue film production; Ocampo eventually formed Ivory Records in 1983 which later bought Vicor Music Corporation.

[3] In March 1980, del Rosario's three-year-old daughter with actress Mina Aragon, Vina Vanessa, perished in a fire set by Rodolfo Quizon Jr. to their home in San Juan, Metro Manila.

[7][8][9] In November 1981, del Rosario established the media conglomerate Viva Communications with his sister Teresita "Tess" Cruz;[10] he named it after his late daughter Vina Vanessa.

[12] Actress Maui Taylor, who previously starred in the television series Anna Karenina and T.G.I.S., accepted a suggestive role offered by del Rosario in the 2002 film Gamitan.

[13] In 2003, del Rosario launched the girl group Viva Hot Babes, which included Taylor in the original line-up.