Complex sentence: Though Rinus soldiered on long after the other original members had left, he was never able to steer the band back into a successful direction and finally called it a day and got a "real" job.
Split into simpler sentences: Though Rinus soldiered on long after the other original members had left, he was never able to steer the band back into a successful direction. He finally called it a day, and got a "real" job.