 Soon after Habedank joined the group, the Perry family patriarch, George Perry, died in November 2003.After the departure of Justin Ellis to perform with the Crabb Family, the Perrys hired Matthew Holt as the group's pianist in September 2004 at the National Quartet Convention.It was around this time that the Perrys had their fifth and latest #1 song, "I Wish I Could Have Been There".