The final "Boo vs. Beau" battle in New Orleans was held on May 2, 1999 at the Rock n' Bowl. Espre and his wife Michelle ("Shelly") had two sons, Andrus Adrian and Justin Travis. In 1995, Espre suffered a heart attack in Austin, Texas while touring with Marcia Ball and Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys. Radio stations in Louisiana had reported the 1995 heart attack was fatal, and he surprised his fans (including the town's mayor) by shortly thereafter appearing in the local supermarket in Kinder. On September 9, 1999, Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers performed a two-set show at the Rock n' Bowl in New Orleans, and afterwards drove the approximately 200 miles on Interstate 10 back to Kinder. The next morning, Beau Jocque was found collapsed in the shower by his wife, dead of an apparent heart attack at the height of his career. He is buried in Saint Matilda Cemetery, Eunice, Louisiana. Espre's death was preceded only two weeks earlier by the death of his father, Sandrus. Members of the Hi-Rollers include: