After Saunders’ death

Following Saunders’ death, McCready returned to working and touring with Pearl Jam and also later formed a new side project, The Rockfords . Martin briefly returned to work with Screaming Trees before the band disbanded in 2000. Since then Martin has worked as an occasional touring drummer for R.E.M. and performs with R.E.M guitarist Peter Buck in the band Tuatara . Staley briefly reunited with Alice in Chains in the late 1990s before dropping out of the public eye permanently. His body was later found on April 19, 2002, in his condominium, the victim of an apparent overdose of cocaine and heroin about two weeks prior. Lanegan went on to a relatively successful solo career, worked with Queens of the Stone Age , and performed with Isobel Campbell on the 2006 Mercury Prize nominated album, Ballad of the Broken Seas , and as part of a duo with Greg Dulli under the name The Gutter Twins .