He was then framed and murdered with his eldest son and heir Shigefusa, and the position of the head of the absentee office of Musashi Province which he had assumed was given to Shigetada HATAKEYAMA.
この後、重頼は嫡男重房と共に誅殺され、武蔵国留守所惣検校職は畠山重忠に移された。