After recording another demo, titled "Sausage", Lane left Primus at the end of 1988 when "something good happened" with the Freaky Executives' record deal. Huth also left the band soon after, wishing to dedicate more time to his family. In 1987, Primus was put on hold briefly and Claypool rejoined his former band, Blind Illusion, who at the time also featured one-time Joe Satriani student and ex-Possessed guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde. Claypool recruited LaLonde to reform Primus together with Tim "Herb" Alexander, drummer with the Arizona-based group Major Lingo, and a month later, the trio recorded their first album: "Suck on This" (1989), a live recording culled from two of their Berkeley concerts, funded by a loan from Claypool's father. Bryan "Brain" Mantia (who later joined the band in 1996) was briefly a member of the band during this time period, before a broken foot forced him to leave the group.