November, Ian MacDonald replaced McLachlan and they released, "Look After Yourself" which became their highest-charting single at No. 30. It was issued ahead of their debut album, Paradise (December 1977) which peaked at No. 14 on the Kent Music Report albums chart. The album spawned two more singles, "Back Again" in March and "West Is the Way" in June. In September, founding drummer Dowding was replaced by John James Hackett (ex-Phil Manning Band). Stars continued touring including supporting The Beach Boys and Linda Ronstadt on their Australian tours in 1978–1979. A second album, Land of Fortune was released in June 1979, it was produced by Ern Rose and Eastick. By that time Durant had been diagnosed with cancer and Stars performed a last concert on 5 November. A live album, 1157—titled for the number of career gigs—appeared in July 1980, which was produced by Eastick. Durant had died on 6 May at age 25. A tribute performance by Stars members and other Australian acts followed in August and a double-LP, Andrew Durant Memorial Concert was released in 1981. It peaked at No. 8 on the albums chart with proceeds eventually donated to Andrew Durant Cancer Research Foundation. Later careers Dowding returned on drums for the Durant tribute concert. Eastick joined Broderick Smith's Big Combo (1979–1982) and later provided guitar for different artists including Max Merritt and Jimmy Barnes. Pealing formed his own band Mick Pealing and the Ideals (1980–1981), and were also a backing band for Renée Geyer. He then formed The Spaniards (1983–1986) and worked with other artists including Eastick. McLachlan toured with Cliff Richard in 1978, worked with John Farnham (1987–1988), briefly rejoined Little River Band (1998–1999) and was a member of Mighty Rock with Pealing in 2004. Discography Albums Singles Other appearances Members Glyn Dowding – drums (1975–1978) Malcolm Eastick – guitar, vocals (1975–1979, 2019- ) Mick Pealing – vocals (1975–1979, 2019- ) Graham Thompson – bass guitar (1975–1976) Andrew Durant – guitar (1976–1979; died 1980) Michael Hegerty – bass guitar (1976) Roger McLachlan – bass guitar (1976–1977, 2019- ) Ian McDonald – bass guitar (1977–1979) John James Hackett – drums (1978–1979) Nick Charles – guitar (2019- ) Erik Chess – drums (2019- ) Awards Stars were inducted into the South Australian Music Awards Hall of fame in 2016. References General Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality. Specific Australian rock music groups Musical groups disestablished in