Lytle regarded "Just Like the Fambly Cat" as a "pretty fitting" last stop for Grandaddy. But he continued to make music and perform solo, and worked with M. Ward on "Hold Time". In 2009 Lytle moved from Modesto to Montana, and released his first solo album "Yours Truly, the Commuter". In late 2009 Lytle and former Grandaddy drummer Aaron Burtch joined Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray of Earlimart to form the band Admiral Radley. Admiral Radley's debut album "I Heart California" was released on July 13, 2010 via Espinoza's label The Ship. In 2011 Burtch played in a band called The Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit. Lytle's second solo album, "Dept. of Disappearance", was released in 2012.