The "Blue Album" lineup of Reflex, Soto, Royer, and Rikk and Frank Agnew reunited again in 2001 to play a birthday party for Reflex's wife. Over the next few years the band played sporadically, including opening for Bad Religion at a benefit for "Flipside" and a headlining slot at Los Angeles' Galaxy Theater. During this time the band members remained active in their other projects: Royer released D.I.'s "Caseyology" in 2002, Reflex did one more studio album with ADZ, 2002's "American Steel", while Soto did two more with Manic Hispanic, "The Recline of Mexican Civilization" (2001) and "Mijo Goes to Jr. College" (2003). Royer left the Adolescents again, going on to release "On the Western Front" with D.I. in 2007. He was replaced by drummer Derek O'Brien, formerly of Social Distortion, D.I., Agent Orange, and Extra Fancy. Encouraged by the response to their reunion shows, Reflex suggested that the band start writing new material. The Adolescents issued an EP titled "Unwrap and Blow Me!" in 2003, limited to 100 copies and consisting of six new songs: "Hawks and Doves", "Where the Children Play", "California Son", "OC Confidential", "Pointless Teenage Anthem", and "Within These Walls". They performed a show on October 3, 2003 at the House of Blues at Downtown Disney, which was filmed and recorded for Kung Fu Records' live series "The Show Must Go Off!". The resulting live album and DVD, titled "Live at the House of Blues", was released February 24, 2004 and featured songs from "Adolescents" and "Welcome to Reality" along with the new songs "OC Confidential", "California Son", "Lockdown America", "Hawks and Doves", and "Within These Walls".