Billy Ray Cyrus filed for divorce from Firerose in May after less than a year of marriage. He is "very focused" on his new album amid family drama with son Trace, an insider tells PEOPLE.

Billy Ray Cyrus on Friday announced a new album in the wake of his lackluster performance at the post-inauguration Liberty Ball and amid family drama heightened by new input from his most recent ex-wife.

Despite their ups and downs, Firerose still has empathy for ex-husband Billy Ray Cyrus. "The truth is that I just never could have imagined, you know, all these years later, everything that's transpired.