After losing the 1975 court case to Mary O'Leary over the sole right to the stage name Reparata, Mazzola formally changed her given name to Reparata. She co-wrote the book "Mafia Kingpin: the True Story of Sonny Gibson" (1981), and she wrote and acted in a film with Gibson called "Dark Before Dawn" (1988). More recently, she has been developing the book into a movie. She was nominated for an Emmy Award as writer-producer of an informational series for WCBS-TV in New York. In May 2001 she pleaded guilty to being involved in a fraudulent investment scheme with Gibson. Mazzola contributed an essay to the book "Women's Poker Night" (2007), and for five years she was a contributing editor for "Poker Pro" magazine. She was Events and Operations director for WriteGirl, a programme in creative writing for at-risk young women in Los Angeles and continues to work in the entertainment field. Mazzola brought her experience as a writer and fundraiser for non-profits to her work as Secretary for the Gate Community, a spiritual organisation of entertainment professionals. She and her partner Chef Gordon Smith published "Save the Males: A Kitchen Survival Cookbook" in 2013. In 2017, she was running the social media campaign for the upcoming "Ed Wood: The Musical". She lives in Los Angeles.