Could not open unix socket lock file /tmp/mysql.sock.lock on executing mysql.server start

Question

Summary:

Unable to execute mysql.server start, and the error log seems to be a bit off from what I see online.

The local.err file shows the error as below after executing mysql.server start:

ERROR! The server quit without updating PID file 

[ERROR] [MY-010274] [Server] Could not open unix socket lock file /tmp/mysql.sock.lock
[ERROR] [MY-010268] [Server] Unable to setup unix socket lock file

What I have tried:

I tried creating these two files with

touch mysql.sock.lock
touch mysql.sock

Unfortunately, this did not solve the problem.

I've also tried reinstalling mysql couple of times, but it did not work as well.

brew uninstall mysql
brew update
brew install mysql

Expected result:

Login to MySQL and be able to use it with rails application.

If anybody knows how to solve this issue, please send me a help.

Thanks in advance!