This was confirmed in "Cousins" when Flint and Lady Jaye call upon Corporal Hershel Dalton when it comes to tracking his cousin Roadblock. In exchange for bringing in Roadblock, Heavy Duty will join the Falcons permanently. It's revealed that Heavy Duty doesn't like Roadblock because of something that went wrong in the past. That's why Heavy Duty moved away from his hometown of Biloxi, Mississippi and moved away to go to college and later live in Idaho. It is revealed he left for the city to make a name for himself. Having grown ashamed of his deep Southern heritage believing to be a handicap towards obtaining an advanced education. Heavy Duty manages to ambush Roadblock after their grandfather's funeral (Captain Jefferson Hinton had served as a pilot in the Tuskegee Airmen).