Gene Simmons is reflecting on the death of his KISS bandmate, Ace Frehley, who died on Oct. 16 at age 74 .

“If I have any regrets, my hand to God it’s that I sometimes — and I think we all go through this sometimes — wish we were smarter and better at trying to help Ace and Peter [Criss] have better lives,” the rocker, 76, told People .

Without giving details, Simmons revealed that the band members were “guilty” of not addressing issues in order to avoid confrontation at times.

Frehley co-founded Kiss alongside Simmons, Paul Stanley, 73, and Criss, 79, in 1973. Frehley left the band in 1982.

However, he rejoined KISS for a reunion tour in 1996 and remained in the band until 2002.

Criss, meanwhile, left in 1980 before reuniting with the group from 1995 to 2000.

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