Hayashi's condition got worse as he developed tuberculosis and a serious mental disorder in prison, so he was transferred from Kakogawa Prison to Kyoto Prefectural Rakunan Hospital to be hospitalized for treatment, but died on March 7, 1956.
しかし服役中に結核と重度の精神障害が進行し、加古川刑務所から京都府立洛南病院に身柄を移され入院したが1956年3月7日に病死した。