Will not burn photos to disc

iPhoto will not burn photos to a DVD disc(Maxell DVD+R).
iMac response is:
"The burn to the SuperDrive drive failed. The disc drive didn’t respond properly and can’t recover or retry."
These Maxell DVD's are probably 2+ years old. However, I was able to burn 2 disc early this morning. Could it be a heat problem with the SuperDrive?
Your Thoughts?

If you have burned 5 or 6 disc in a row then maybe heat could be a concern. I don't think so with just 2. Are you able to burn a disc, CD or DVD, from the Finder or is it just from iPhoto?
Run the Apple Hardware test as described here: OS X Mountain Lion: Use Apple Diagnostics or Apple Hardware Test
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