More likely Rock n' Roll returns to the west coast because the greatest Rock n' Roll singer ever, the lead singer of Queen, lives in White Rock now - Paul Rodgers, former lead singer of Free, Bad Company, The Firm (with Jimmy Page) and The Law:
Arguably, the last time Rock n' Roll was on the west coast was in the the early to mid 1980s when Bryan Adams was based in Vancouver and Loverboy were huge!