Complex sentence: In hopes of a better deal in releasing a second album, the band moved to Los Angeles, 1985 Instead, the band found the pay-to-play gig situation in L.A. to be hostile and disappointing.
Split into simpler sentences: In hopes of a better deal in releasing a second album, the band moved to Los Angeles in 1985. However, the band found the pay-to-play gig situation in L.A. to be hostile and disappointing.