Tina Ayer was known as Mrs. T -- nicknamed after the 1980s TV star Mr. T -- because of all the gold jewelry she wore.

"She loved to talk," said her daughter, Kayla Marie D. Abbenante Ayer, 15.

Kayla and Tina Ayer, 33, lived together in Warwick.

Tina Ayer was divorced from Kayla's father and didn't live with her 8-year-old son, Daniel N. White, The Providence Journal reported.

Kayla remembers her mother as a friend. The daughter said when she got her tongue pierced last year, her mother came along and joked that she'd get hers pierced too.

"But she looked through the window watching me get it done, and she was crying she was so scared," said Kayla.

Ayer loved rock 'n' roll, especially those '80s "hair bands" and metal groups. She'd often go to karaoke bars to sing their songs and she sang at her brother's wedding.

She loved that rock star image, too. When she wasn't at her job at the Fairfield Inn, in Warwick, she'd put on a pair of Levi's and a leather jacket and ride Harley-Davidsons with her friends. She dreamed of buying her own bike one day.