Lee Jeans – Splitting at rear pockets

Hello, I have bought many pairs of Lee men's jeans over the years and I love the fit and comfort but every single pair I have purchased has split open at the rear pockets long before there is even any wear anywhere else on the pants. I can usually only get a couple months of wear out of these jeans before they start splitting open. Why hasn't this issue ever been corrected? I keep buying these thinking surely by now Lee would have resolved this ongoing issue but inexplicably they have not. I see so many other people online complaining about the same thing. I have had this happen to at least 20 pairs of Lee jeans over the past few years. This is very disappointing. I have included photos from 4 pair so you can see the problem I'm referring to.
Thank you for reading this.
Jeff Routledge

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