The band played one more gig on October 1985, in the Vélez Sársfield Stadium, to fulfill their contractual obligation to the "Rock and Pop" festival which featured INXS. The crowd reacted badly to the band's evident lack of motivation (the pouring rain and the badly mixed sound did not help), and Abuelo was hit in the face by a bottle hurled from the field. The band played the remainder of their set with Abuelo visibly bleeding. Also during 1985, Abuelo put out a solo album recorded together with many of his older and newer friends. The album included new versions of "La Cueva"-era classics "La balsa" (The raft) and "Mariposas de madera" (Wooden butterflies), and a Hoelderlin-influenced song, "Buen día día" (Good day, day). With the band dissolved, Abuelo started playing small venues, harking back to his roots of poetry-influenced songwriting. Late in 1986, he drafted Polo Corbella, Kubero Díaz, and sax player Willy Crook to form a new Abuelos band, which recorded "Cosas mías" in 1987 with relative success. In late 1987, following gallbladder surgery, Miguel Abuelo was diagnosed with AIDS; terminally ill, he died from cardiac arrest a few days after his 42nd birthday. Near his death, Abuelo told friends: "No me lloren, crezcan." (don't cry for me; grow up instead). Abuelo's death came a little after Luca Prodan's and shortly before Federico Moura's. They were three of the leaders of the Argentine youth music scene during the 1980s. The 1980s band is still fondly remembered by fans all over Latin America. It has sold more records since its dissolution than during its successful four-year trajectory. Calamaro went on to become one of the best-selling artists in the Spanish-speaking world, notably with Spanish-Argentine band Los Rodríguez. Melingo remained active in the underground scene, and has lately participated in tango-influenced projects with much success. Corbella worked in odd jobs and did time for selling drugs; he died in 2001 from stomach cancer. Bazterrica quit the rock and roll life after a drugs trial in 1986, and was seen sporadically, playing mostly small venues with his "Bazterrícolas".