the sunsets persisted for a few more years with barrett arranging tours of the netherlands and ireland as well as many one night gigs in the uk. barrett negotiated rockin' louie's recording of an album titled 'it will stand' for charly records that became a minor seller in european markets and a minor hit in the southern us states. when louie finally left the sunsets and reformed the backbeats, barrett decided the time had arrived to sever his association with the sunsets. several years later the sunsets started performing again with original members, but with no further association with barrett.