Country singer Garth Brooks is suing his hometown hospital for reneging on their promise to use his 1/2 million dollar donation to fund a new building named after his late mom. Brooks has filed a $500,000 breach of contract lawsuit against Integris Canadian Valley Regional hospital in Yukon, Oklahoma for not using his 2005 gift as agreed on. The hospital never put up the building to be named after Brooks’ mom, who died of cancer ten years ago, and Brooks is said to be “heartbroken” over it.

Unanswered Prayers” singer Garth Brooks says that his quest to make his mother’s name “More Than a Memory” at an Oklahoma hospital has gone unfulfilled – and he’s suing the medical center for $500,000 as a result.

Four years ago, the recently out-of-retirement country crooner says, he gave Integris Canadian Valley Regional hospital in Yukon, Okla., the half million dollars to finance a building that would bear the name of his mother, Colleen Brooks, who died of cancer in 1999.

But, according to a court filing by Brooks, 47, the hospital never included the promised building in a $27 million expansion project, leaving CVR in breach of contract, TMZ reports.

“Garth’s heart is broken over this,” a source close to Brooks tells PEOPLE.

A hospital spokesman tells TMZ that there’s been a misunderstanding, and that they’re hoping for a “swift and amicable end.”

Not likely. Brooks’s rep tells PEOPLE: “This deals with his mother, the home town and the people he grew up with and is deeply personal.”

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I understand why Brooks is suing the hospital. Some people are going to say that he gave them the money and shouldn’t have a say in how it’s used. If officials promised to name a building after his mom and never did it then he should call them on it. It’s not like Brooks is being stingy or this is his only good deed lately. Brooks started his own charity in 1999, Teammates for Kids, which involves professional athletes donating money based on their game performance. According to their website, Teammates for Kids has raised $75 million for children’s charities thanks to professional baseball, football, soccer, basketball and hockey players. Garth has also donated over a million of his own money to wildlife charities, and he performed four concerts last year to benefit California wildfire victims.

Brooks, 47, recently came out of retirement after eight years to perform a long-running stint in Vegas. Brooks has three daughters from his first marriage: Taylor, 17, August, 15, and Allie, 13. His second wife, singer Tricia Yearwood, 45, said in an interview on The View in 2007 that she found Brooks’ children intimidating at first but that she soon warmed up to them and that she loves having them around. “You fall in love with them. You learn why people have kids.” That’s really sweet.

Shown are Tricia Yearwood and Garth Brooks at his announcement that he’ll be coming out of retirement to perform in Vegas. 10/15/09. Credit: Judy Eddy/WENN.com