Status Quo star Rick Parfitt achieved ‘life of his dreams’ just weeks before tragic death

STATUS Quo star Rick Parfitt told of his joy that he had finally achieved the life of his dreams – just weeks before he died on Christmas Eve.

In a poignant interview, the 68-year-old spoke of his happiness at being able to spend time with his eight-year-old twins, Tommy and Lily.

And after moving to Marbella with wife Lyndsey, he vowed to devote even more of his life to his family.

He said: “I’ve finally got the life that Lyndsey and I dreamed of – a beautiful family villa, no traffic jams, it’s not overly crowded with people.

“You can move, you can breathe and on any given lunchtime we can nip to the beach and have fresh fish by the sea. It’s just wonderful.”

“Nobody knows what the future holds, but a little bit of Rock and Roll, a little bit of being an estate agent, a little bit of being dad and husband…

“What more is there?”

He went on: “Coming home to Tommy and Lily is like stepping from one world into another.

“From the sometimes rainy, cold and bustling lifestyle on the road into the sunshine and being a dad to twins – and keeping up with them at my age!

“I’m not sure what is more taxing – doing an hour on stage or spending a day with the children – but they are beautiful and I cannot imagine my life without them….

“Even though getting them to bed in the summer months before 9pm is very hard when it is still sunny outside. It’s one of my biggest struggles!”

Dad-of-four Rick was rushed to hospital by air ambulance on 24 December after a shoulder infection he had suffered became badly infected.

The guitar ace had been unwell for much of the last year and had technically ‘died’ after suffering a cardiac arrest during a Turkey gig in June before being revived.

He had heart attacks in 2011 and 2013.

His wife Lyndsay was by his side when he passed away – despite the pair having separated in October.