in 1981 allandale went to paris and worked with sam woodyard, former drummer with the duke ellington band. he later moved to a commune near the pyrenees and was a founding member of the st andre blues band. in 1983 he returned to england and started a relationship with an artist called simone and took up painting. he took music to schools with and an afro-caribbean group and later moved back to paris. he had a brain haemorrhage in 1989 but recovered enough to play the keyboard. he suffered a stroke in 1999. allandale died on 23 august 2001, at the age of 65.