He also found himself becoming a substitute parent to his kid brother with his dad's frequent absences. Mark loved his father and he tried to help by working two part-time jobs while attending high school. His father struggled to raise him and his younger brother Brian as best he could, but being a long-haul truck driver made it hard for him to properly supervise his young sons as they grew older. When he was just 16-years-old, his mother was killed by a drunk driver in an automobile accident.
