in 1998, a week after their party in the park performance, kéllé bryan was controversially sacked by the bennett sisters via a fax from their solicitor. their reasons cited "a breakdown in professional relations". a short time later, bryan was diagnosed with lupus and was forced to abandon plans for a solo career. "what'cha gonna do" was released from their fourth album "eternal" and hit number 16. with lack of promotion the album charted at number 87. the next single "i cry real tears" was expected to be released in april 2000, with a new version of the song; however, the single was scrapped due to poor sales of the album and eternal were released from their recording deal with emi. internationally, the track "free to live" was released and translated to "libre para vivir" which had moderate success in some european countries. the last televised performance by eternal was on "songs of praise" in 2000 where easther and vernie performed the track "he is".