Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Epstein was then offered a contract by Martin on behalf of EMI 's small Parlophone label , even though they had previously been rejected by almost every other British record company .
Simplified: The recording engineer who made the record told Epstein about George Martin , who worked for EMI 's Parlophone Records and had been looking for a rock band to record .