 Under pressure to find another vocalist, the group employed a "secret singer"—revealed to be Charles Hughes later of Drifters fame—for studio projects.Van Loan, however, unexpectedly left the Du Droppers in the midst of a Canadian tour in mid-1955 to return as a full-time tenor for the Ravens.Ginyard, having witnessed his bandmates in a drunken flurry, joined the Golden Gate Quartet, while his former group attempted to carry on with Robert Bowers until they disbanded in early 1956.