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.