 When The Adolescents broke up in 1981, Soto, together with Frank Agnew, joined the Los Angeles-based band Legal Weapon, performing on bass guitar from 1981–1982.Soto appeared on one album with Legal Weapon, 1982's "Death of Innocence"

Following the 1989 breakup of Adolescents, Soto went on to form the band Joyride with former Adolescent drummer Sandy Hanson.They released two albums, "Johnny Bravo" (1992) and "Another Month of Mondays" (1994), both on Dr. Dream records.