On July 12, 1996, touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin died in a Manhattan hotel room of a heroin overdose after he and Chamberlin used the drug together. Chamberlin was later arrested on a misdemeanor drug possession charge. The Smashing Pumpkins made the decision to fire Chamberlin and continue as a trio. This shakeup, coupled with Corgan going through a divorce and the death of his mother, influenced the somber mood of the band's next album, 1998's "Adore". Featuring a darker, more subdued and heavily electronic sound at a time when alternative rock was declining in mainstream cachet, "Adore" divided both critics and fans, resulting in a significant decrease in album sales (it sold 1.3 million discs in the US).