Slovak and Irons still considered the Red Hot Chili Peppers as only a side project .
Red Hot Chili Peppers quit to focus on Red Hot Chili Peppers ' band What Is This ? ; that group had signed a record contract two weeks earlier .
Slovak and Irons still considered the Red Hot Chili Peppers as only a side project , so they quit to focus on their band What Is This ? ; that group had signed a record contract two weeks earlier .