re-recorded "Drive It Home" (credited to The Clovers) for Ripete Records, a small independent label based in Elliott, SC, which released it that year as a single specifically for the Carolina Beach Music market. John Bailey, Harold Lucas, Matthew McQuater and Harold Winley performed together in October 1988 at the Rhythm and Blues Foundation (a Washington, DC-based organization started in 1988 to promote and support artists) show in Austin, TX, to raise funds for Bill Harris, who had fallen ill. Bill Harris (guitar) died at the age of 63 in Washington, DC, on 6 December 1988. Steve Charles had retired by the end of 1990 and Chuck Battle was invited to join the Lucas group. Battle left in 1992 and was replaced by Preston Monroe, who was later replaced by David Warren. Lucas became ill and stopped touring in 1993 and Richie Merritt was invited to join the group as his replacement. Harold Lucas died at the age of 61 in Washington, DC, on 6 January 1994. John "Buddy" Bailey died on 3 February 1994 in Las Vegas, NV. Prior to his death, Bailey performed solo, choosing to work with established Doo Wop group The Calvanes (which included former Bailey-Clovers member Bobby Adams) as well as appearances with Jimmy Nabbie's Ink Spots. Johnny Mason, David Warren, John Bowie and Richie Merritt performed on the PBS special Doo Wop 51 in May 2000, which received its first broadcast on the Pittsburgh channel WQED in August, followed by a national release in December. Matthew McQuater died at the age of 73 in Dallas, TX, on 19 December 2000. Johnny Mason filed for use of the trademark The Clovers in October 2001 (the case was abandoned in November 2002). John Bowie died in 2002. Billy Mitchell, who had sung the lead on "Love Potion No. 9", died at the age of 71 in Washington, DC, on 5 November 2002. Richie Merritt left the group in 2002; his last performance was the VGHOF induction ceremony. David Warren departed soon after. Mason currently leads a new group featuring former member of The Flamingoes Ron Reace, William Rawlings and Antwan Drayton. In 2009 King Raymond Green filed an application for the trademark The Original Clovers featuring Harold Winley, which received a case suspension. On 11 October 2013 Steve Charles (Charles Stevens), a member of The Clovers group formed by Harold Lucas, and Harold Winley announced that