On December 22nd, 2018, a WatZatSong user with the alias Parker62 had uploaded a partial sample of the song, with the song being categorized as Rock and English. However, the snippet of the song only became the most popular through late 2023 and early 2024 by a YouTube upload by user, alonzooop. Alonzooop used a stock image of an Orange Dude with a pink electric guitar, which would end up becoming the main associate for the song. The video has achieved more than 600k views.
On December 9th, 2023, a Subreddit search hub for the song, r/LikeARock was created.
On May 6th, 2024, it has been discovered that the OP of the song, Parker62, passed away from a bad heart disease. It has been proven from his Twitter/x profile, with his wife posting a death certificate of him, according to a Reddit
post.
Days before Like a Rock getting solved and yet didn't expect a singer identified. it was discovered in a 1-minute 1996 Ford f150 commercial from Internet archive. was used ai to remove the person narrated at the end of the commercial. in 140p low audio resolution
When June 28, 2024 was a day everyone's excited waiting for. One of Parker62's kids found a bunch of unused junk files on a Gateway Solo computer that's still running Windows 98 SE. and the full version of Bob's Segar's Like a Rock was discovered in a folder containing "personal music collection". few hours passed and the song was fully uploaded to YouTube.