The problem is that on some laserdisc releases, they put a "fade to black" at the end side 1, then had a "fade in" at the start of side 2. You can't just cut at the start of the fade because you lose the end of the scene.
The French OT LDs did not have this - they just ended in a freeze frame - but I did have to deal with a fade on the Japanese Evil Dead disc. In that case it didn't pose too much of a problem.