Paul Hyde (né Paul Nelson) (b. 21 May 1955) is a British-born Canadian musician and record producer (a notable client being Spirit of the West). Born in Yorkshire, Hyde came to Canada as a teenager. Hyde in the Payola$, Phase One (1978 - 1988) Hyde was a founding member, with Bob Rock, of the Payola$. Hyde and Rock formed the band in 1978, cheekily naming it after the U.S. radio scandal of the '50s. Rock would also start engineering and producing at Little Mountain Sound in Vancouver, where Payola$ relo...