the disbandment was never officially announced, and no one outside of daughters knew about the breakup before the end of 2009. some months after the disbandment, marshall and syverson reconnected and decided to carry on the band. stating “we started this band and we’re the only two people who have been through it consistently, so there was no reason to stop altogether and throw the whole thing away.” marshall continued to say the pair have “no plans to replace anybody, but we’re not ruling out the idea that people could come in here and if it works out, they’ll stay.” sadler has said "from my perspective, i don't think i'll ever play with daughters again - i've been through way too much stress and i'm in a way better place with writing and being in a band with fang island. with the new album, i think we ended on a really good note with daughters and if [marshall] carries it beyond that then i'm happy for him and that's cool. so i didn't really leave, the band just fell apart. in some way, i guess i was kicked out by the guy who quit. (laughs) i don't know where that leaves me or the band, but i'm using that as an excuse to step out officially."