KENDRA AND HANK TORN APART.

They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder. But when Kendra Wilkinson’s husband, Hank Baskett, spent a rare weekend away from home – and in the company of several gorgeous brunettes – at an event at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Albuquerque, N.M., the couple’s tense relationship was strained nearly to the breaking point. “Kendra has already gone through so much to keep this failing marriage together,” explains a friend of the 25-year-old. And Hank’s flirtatious behavior at the March 4 event did nothing to inspire her confidence in him. “He was with other NFL players, and it looked like there were groupies everywhere. They were hitting on him,” fellow event guest Jaime Campos tells In Touch. “He was in his element.”