CBS reports that both Kim and Park were offered “large and significant salary increases,” but early reports indicated that they were seeking pay parity with Alex O’Loughlin and Scott Caan.
Daniel Dae Kim has simply said that he made “the difficult choice not to continue” after he and CBS could not come to terms.
The two actors left the show when they were unable to come to an agreement with CBS about salary in renewed contracts.
Hopefully the fact that the cousins were written off alive and active means that there’s a chance Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park will someday return to Hawaii 5-0, if only for the occasional guest appearance.