In the end, not even the Chung family’s victory against a man waging a $54 million-pants-war could save its dry cleaning business.

Soo and Jin Nam Chung announced Sept. 19 that they were closing up their shop, Custom Cleaners, after a two-year battle with administrative law judge Roy Pearson over a pair of pants. In June, a District of Columbia Superior Court judge rejected Pearson’s lawsuit against the neighborhood dry cleaners. The Chungs cited the immense emotional and financial toll as their reason for selling the business they opened in 1992, the year they immigrated.

“They were in a position at Custom Cleaners where they, following the filing of the lawsuit, had a significant revenue dip after what was a campaign to discredit the Chungs through flyers in the neighborhood,” said the couple’s attorney, Chris Manning.

The Chung family, which used to own three dry cleaning shops, is left with only one: Happy Cleaners. Meanwhile, Pearson is pursuing an appeal, which is expected to land at the District of Columbia Court of Appeals next year.