Am I right in proofing the corollary of the chain rule of joint entropy?

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The corollary:

$$H(X, Y|Z)=H(Y|Z) + H(X|Y, Z)$$

My proof:
$\begin{align} H(X,Y|Z) &= - \sum_zp(z)H(X, Y|Z=z) \\ &= - \sum_zp(z)\sum_x\sum_yp(x, y|z)\log p(x,y|z)\\ &=-\sum_x\sum_y\sum_zp(x,y,z)\log p(x|y, z)p(y|z)\\ &=-\sum_x\sum_y\sum_zp(x,y,z)\log p(x|y, z) - \sum_x\sum_y\sum_z p(x,y,z) \log p(y|z)\\ &=-\sum_y\sum_z p(y, z) \sum_x p(x|y,z)\log p(x|y,z) - \sum_z p(z) \sum_yp(y|z) \log p(y|z)\\ &=-\sum_y\sum_zp(y,z)H(X|Y=y,Z=z) - \sum_z p(z) H(Y|Z=z)\\ &=H(X|Y,Z)+ H(Y|Z) \end{align}$

I am not sure if my proof is right, especially in the last three steps.