Deep Trouble.

DEEP PURPLE: Lord Is Fighting

Former Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord has headed to Israel to undergo special treatment for pancreatic cancer. Purple drummer Ian Paice says it's in the "really early, early stages. And we know it's not a good one -- whether there is a good one -- but so far all the news from Jon is great. There are no more cancer cells being produced, and those that are lying dormant are being, hopefully, wiped out as we speak by a brand-new treatment... So we're already thinking that he may be back working in April or May."

The 70-year-old Lord retired from Purple in 2002.