K-member at the end of its life?

Looks like it can be welded ok. why did the ball joints fail so soon?

There was so much play in LCA's. I'm assuming this had something to do with it?
It also could be that the LCA bushings weren't replace in time last year. (I drove for almost a month with bad LCA bushings with the new ball joints before replacing the bushings)

Yeah I know... Bad.