jon hyde has a long history outside of hokus pokus and detective. after detective, jon reorganized hokus pokus with only monarch remaining from the original lineup, adding frankie banali on drums. this was in 1980 and they played at the deja vu in costa mesa among other clubs. monarch then formed monarch, first with bob bentrup on drums and later with hyde. monarch had a similar style and feel to hokus pokus and detective. more recently, hyde has reorganized hokus pokus and similar groups many times, both as drummer and lead singer. he still resides in los angeles and can be found on myspace as well as facebook.