The Mamas & the Papas a rendezvous in Paris with Pic Dawson (according to Michelle Phillips). In an interview with "Melody Maker", Elliot unilaterally announced that The Mamas & the Papas had disbanded: "We thought this trip would give the group some stimulation, but this has not been so." In fact, Phillips and Elliot did patch things up sufficiently to complete "The Papas & The Mamas", which was released in May 1968. It was relatively successful in both the UK and US, although it was their first not to go gold or reach the top ten in America. "12:30 (Young Girls Are Coming to the
The Mamas & the Papas and Papas' story in the memoir "Papa John" (1986), and in the PBS television documentary, "Straight Shooter: The True Story of John Phillips and the Mamas and the Papas" (1988). John Phillips died of heart failure in Los Angeles on March 18, 2001. Two albums were released immediately after his death: "Pay Pack and Follow" (April 2001), which included material recorded in London and New York with members of the Rolling Stones in 1976 and 1977; and "Phillips 66" (August 2001), an album of new material and reworkings that "takes its title from the age Phillips would have been when