Cannot restore default file icons (maybe caused by Vox?)

In a nutshell, even though I have deleted Vox, the Vox icon appears against all my FLAC files. I have tried the normal way of replacing the file icon (deleting the icon from the Get Info window) without success. In fact I've tried everything I can think of, hence this post!
I installed Vox as a simple FLAC player and playlist generator when I ran Mavericks and set it up as default player for all non iTunes audio files. All was well until Vox updated itself to a different more bloated app that wanted to take over my computer. So I uninstalled it using AppDelete. However, all my FLAC files have the little Vox orange loudspeaker next to them and I can't find a way to get rid of it. I have tried highlighting the file, opening the Get Info window and deleting the icon there but it will not delete (and Cut is greyed-out in the Edit dropdown). I can paste another icon over it but it will only affect that individual file, not any other audio file - and if I delete that icon the Vox icon is underneath, as though it's the default.
In the Info window I have said that all FLAC files should be opened with a different app (Cog) and indeed Cog is now the system FLAC player. But the icons are still the Vox icons!
Importantly, in a normal Finder window, all the FLAC files display the proper default icon (musical note in a grey square). It's if I display the files from the Document or Download stacks in the dock that the Vox icon is shown. But it's always shown in the Get Info window.
Obviously this is not a major issue: everything still works without a problem. But I am annoyed that Vox has been able to burrow into my system in this way and want it all cleaned up!
Thank you for any help you might be able to give. I'm running Yosemite 10.10 (as my sig may say something different!)

I found the answer to this with help from the people at MacBB. I used a free app called LiteIcon which did the job very neatly for me. I also tried using OnyX and Cocktail but neither of them worked.

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