 It was announced by Karl Simon that Jason McCash had died on April 5, 2014 at age 37 from a heroin overdose, and that as a consequence of this, he would never reform The Gates of Slumber.However, in April of 2019 Karl Simon decided to reform the band, with original drummer Chuck Brown, and new bassist Steve Janiak.Jerry Clide Paradis died in 2016 from a heat stroke.