In 2008, Debbie D. joined Otto von Schirach, Jose el Rey, and El Tigre to create the Miami Bass Warriors. The band released a self-titled 12" EP in July 2009. In a 2009 interview with "The Miami Herald", Debbie D. reflected on her choice to leave Avenue D, "I was ready to do something new. I was tired of everybody coming up to me and asking me, 'Do I look like a slut?' Irony only goes so far. We turned into the characters in our songs. We wrote them when we were 21. By 28 I had just outgrown it."