We just moved and there are a lot of neglected roses. i watched videos and took the proper precautions and gave each one a hard pruning in early April. new growth happend almost immediately. but now the new growth is dying and are looking like this (reference the pictures). do you know what it is and how can i help the plants?

Have you had an overnight freeze or frost in the past few days? That looks an awful lot like tender growth after an unseasonably cold night. The new growth may die back a bit (sometimes it will revive itself) but it's not anything detrimental long term to the plant.

If you didn't experience a cold snap, it could be a lack of adequate water, which I don't think is the case.

Yes we did. Im brand new to roses. we recently moved to a home that has a lot but i could tell right away that they were neglected. there was also about 8in of mulch in all the beds which had caused some plants to totally just root rot and pull up out of the ground. i removed the mulch and gave the roses a hard pruning we are in 6a. after i pruned things warmed up and new shoots started growing but then we got a freeze. i guess i jumped the bullet.

when should you prune? should i of left the mulch? are the roses goners or might they send out more buds/shoots?