I think it had more to do with the federal regulation issues that may be coming than anything else. While we all love the LP's and Herrera Estelli's, the fact of the matter is that the top grossing products for Drew Estate are the Acids and they are certain to be directly in the cross hairs of the feds. Kind of makes sense for them to get under the umbrella of a larger company that will dealing heavily with those same issues.
I'm sure we all hope and pray that they won't be dumb enough to tinker with the LP's and Herrera Estelli's but I guess that only time will tell.