after grossman and marrs’ departure in 1997, the group enlisted david tonic and kevin norton and signed with epitaph records to release "conditioned", their third lp. following this, kevin norton left the group. damon beard filled in on bass until also deciding to leave the band a short time later. beard was then ultimately replaced by jeff hibben. a fourth full-length, "pulling teeth", was released on epitaph in 2000 before the group disbanded some time thereafter.<ref name="https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/straight-faced/20946/">straight faced</ref>