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The Eagles' Glenn Frey and Don Henley spoke to Steve Kroft

After the success of "Hotel California," the Eagles were famous and rich but the pressures of their new lifestyle opened the door to power struggles and increased drug use.

The first Eagles studio album in 28 years debuted recently in the number one slot on the Billboard charts. Steve Kroft asks the band why they returned to the studio.

Here is a good trivia question for you: what's the biggest selling album in American history? You're probably not going to get it.

The Eagles' "Greatest Hits 1971-1975," was the biggest selling album in American history which was released, ironically, a year before some of their greatest hits. Along with the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin and Garth Brooks, they are among the top five all-time best selling artists in the U.S.

As Steve Kroft reports, what's new is that three weeks ago they released their first new material in 28 years, a double album called "Long Road Out Of Eden," which opened at number one on the Billboard charts and has already gone platinum. But like everything else the Eagles have ever done, the process wasn't easy or peaceful, which is probably why you have never seen them sit down together for a television interview. Until now! "There's a certain sound that we make when we sing together. That over the past 35 years has become ingrained in people's minds. And you know, I can't sound like that with anybody else except these guys," Don Henley explains.

Co-founders Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, and Timothy B. Schmit are all pushing 60 now, and have been in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for nearly a decade. There is nothing left to prove except that they can do it again, one last time.

- CBS News