Animator Freezes Component!

I have an idle screen where I am using the gyroscope to alter how the back background rotates with the device. There is an animation playing at this idle screen with the center circle, making it spin called idleStart. Keep in mind this animation doesn't affect the background. Then after a tap, that transitions to outStart, the circle and background lining up and rotating to the position of the next scene's screen. That second animation DOES affect the background with a rotation. But when no interaction has started, and it's just playing the idleStart animation, the bigger background is locked into place.

Can someone help make me make just the circle spin then transition while the background is interactive by gyroscope?