If you pursue information about someone with the mindset of a private investigator on a payroll, you'll easily discover these things about Sam.
Firstly, his Dad commited suicide because he went into debt after putting Sam into college for graphic design, his Dad was also an alcoholic. Then Sam dropped out and pushed to move to another college for reasons I didn't find out myself (but I could only assume it was the reason he mentioned in a HydeWars episodes, where he regrets chasing a girl to another college, the girlfriend fucking him over in the end). He also mentioned that his Dads girlfriend barred him from going to his own Dads funeral, which is factual and the reasons being was that she thought he was responsible for his suicide. I shit on Sam alot but I think going to go ahead and give Sam a break.