An infectious disease only known to infect celebrity parents. The infected celebrity is usually an unknown, or washed-out celebrity who will soon force their children into stardome in order to help the parent to become famous again. The disease is named after singer/actor Billy Ray Cyrus who is best known for mooching off daughter Miley Cyrus's fame. He is now trying to get his other children famous for one of two reasons:
1. When Miley stops being famous, he can rely on his other children to keep him famous
2. He wants more money
The Billy Ray Cyrus disease is also known to infect such celebrities as Will Smith, and the parents of the Jonas brothers. Some celebrites who have been showing symptoms of the disease are Bradgelina. The symptoms of the Billy Ray Cyrus disease include:
1. increased dependency on your children for both financial, and fame reasons. This can result in allowing your kids to do anything they please in fear of getting cut off from your money supply
2. Quitting your job to mooch off your children's earnings
3. slowly lower your manhood by doing anything you can to be famous which includes exploiting your southern routes by partaking in a Disney channel show
4. always forgiving your children for the terrible things they do. It is highly common for the infected person to try all they can to convince people that whatever terrible things their child did was not bad.

There are only a few known cures for the Billy Ray Cyrus are the following:
1.Let your child do what they want and stay out of the spotlight for a couple of years
2. Punish your child for doing something wrong. It will give you a sense of power rather than being at your child's feet for money