In December 2006, Halifax competed in the finals of MTV2's "Dew Circuit Breakout", an annual TV battle of the bands sponsored by Mountain Dew, against Fallen from the Sky and Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer. Halifax placed first, following in the footsteps of hellogoodbye, who won the competition the year before. All the while, Payton was continuously suffering from a knee injury, which eventually forced him to leave the band in January 2007. He was replaced by a new bassist named Eric Ivener.