[2][3] Late in his career he added pop music to his repertoire, writing songs for performers such as the Backstreet Boys.
Perry's sister, evangelical preacher Darlene Bishop, persuaded him not to undergo recommended medical treatment, but instead to seek healing through prayer, which she said she had used to overcome breast cancer.
Perry accepted her advice and moved from his home in Waverly, Tennessee (near Nashville), to live with his sister at her horse farm in Monroe, Ohio.
Bishop wrote a book, Your Life Follows Your Words, that described herself and her brother's success in healing cancer through their Christian faith.
However, in a deposition in the case, she revealed that she had never been medically diagnosed with breast cancer; she said she thought she had the disease and later was cured.