Conversation so far:
What was something that happened during his troubled times?
Simon announced her separation from James Taylor in September 1981
What other troubles did he have in during his troubled times besides the divorce?
At the time, James Taylor was living on West End Avenue in Manhattan and on a methadone maintenance program to cure him of his drug addiction.
Did the methadone program James Taylor was on work?
Over the course of four months starting in September 1983, James Taylor discontinued methadone and overcame his heroin habit.
What was James Taylor's new beginnings?
James Taylor had thoughts of retiring by the time he played the Rock in Rio festival in Rio de Janeiro in January 1985.

Question: Did he record anything during this time?
Self-contained rewrite: Did James Taylor record anything during the troubled times when he overcame heroin and got divorced?