in response to the copyright infringement of the record by i.a.s., ruth polsky released a finished single by the band ("will you" and "bad way") on her own new york-based label, s.u.s.s. records. this success was overshadowed by tragedy when ruth was killed in a horrific car accident that left her pinned beneath a yellow cab in the doorway of the limelight club, a converted church in new york, as the band performed there in september 1986. the band would not learn of polsky's death until the following morning.