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Income Taxes Income Taxes - Provision for Income Taxes Charged To Income From Continuing Operations (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 8 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 4 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Apr. 30, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Successor [Member] |  |  |  |
Provision for Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Current Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | $ 6,984 us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_SuccessorMember | $ 9,463 us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_SuccessorMember |  |
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | 530 us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_SuccessorMember | 94 us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_SuccessorMember |  |
Income tax expense (benefit) | 7,514 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_SuccessorMember | 9,557 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_SuccessorMember |  |
Predecessor [Member] |  |  |  |
Provision for Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Current Income Tax Expense (Benefit) |  |  | 761 us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_PredecessorMember | 1,263 us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_PredecessorMember
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit) |  |  | (6)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_PredecessorMember | 1,586 us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_PredecessorMember
Income tax expense (benefit) |  |  | $ 755 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_PredecessorMember | $ 2,849 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_PredecessorMember

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