Durango, meanwhile, continued to play music during his law school years, releasing two EPs on Touch and Go as Arsenal and recording with Boss Hog. He then became a practicing lawyer, with clients including Touch and Go Records and Cynthia Plaster Caster. Riley recorded tracks with the groups Algebra Suicide, Bull, and Flour before being incapacitated by a stroke in 1995, which was initially erroneously reported as a suicide attempt. Having lost the ability to walk, he authored a blog about his experiences titled "Worthless Goddamn Cripple". In 2004 he participated in a musical project called Miasma of Funk, releasing the album "Groove on the Mania!", and in 2006 published the book "Blurry and Disconnected: Tales of Sink-or-Swim Nihilism". Riley died December 24, 2019 at the age of 59, from squamous cell carcinoma that began in his throat and spread to his lungs.