reached a peak of #3 on the Billboard charts in 1993. LaRocka produced subsequent albums for the Spin Doctors but they failed to achieve the same success. LaRocka signed Columbus, Ohio, powerpop band Watershed to Epic Records in 1993. Under his supervision, the band recorded one live EP, Three Chords and a Cloud of Dust, and a Jim Steinman-produced album, Twister. Neither effort charted and Watershed was dropped from Epic in 1995. By the end of his career at Sony, LaRocka was vice president of the A&R department. He was back playing drums for a New York band Hot Monkey Love and with Noel Redding on a 2002 live album recorded at Prague. He also had an independent production company, Straight Line Productions, and had signed the band happyendings to J Records where they were recording their debut record. LaRocka died after undergoing heart surgery in New York in May 2005. References External links [ Allmusic.com article on Frankie LaRocka] Extended biography @nyrocker.com 1954 births 2005 deaths American rock drummers American record producers American people of Italian descent Scandal (American band) members 20th-century American drummers American male drummers 20th-century American male musicians