in 1983, the payolas won the juno award for single of the year. rock also worked as an assistant engineer at little mountain sound in vancouver. in 1987, the band (who had by then changed their name to paul hyde and the payolas) again changed their name to rock and hyde and had a hit single in canada with the song "dirty water". the song also charted on billboard's hot 100. in 2007, the payolas became briefly active once more as a touring and recording act, releasing the ep "langford part one".