visit. Milan Hlavsa died of lung cancer in 2001. Afterward, the Plastics were unsure whether or not to continue without their frontman and main songwriter, but after long discussions, they decided to honor his memory by keeping the band going. That year, they published a collection of Hlavsa's unreleased compositions, under the title Líně s tebou spím / Lazy Love – In Memoriam Mejla Hlavsa. Eva Turnová, from DG 307, became the band's new bass player. Ludvík Kandl (Hudba Praha) sat in on drums (he was replaced by Jaroslav Kvasnička in 2009) and in the years 2001–2009, double bassist Ivan Bierhanzl, who had briefly performed with the band in the 1970s, was a member of PPU. In 2003, the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic overturned the 1976 verdicts against members of PPU. Subsequently, in collaboration with Agon Orchestra, the band re-recorded two of their older concept albums: 1979's Jak bude po smrti (recorded in 2003 and released in 2010 as Obešel já polí pět) and 1978's Pašijové hry velikonoční (recorded and released in 2004). Interest in the band was rekindled in 2006, thanks to the play Rock 'n' Roll, by Tom Stoppard, which featured two of their songs and had several characters discuss the band's music and its effects on Czech society. In December 2009, PPU released their first studio album since 2001 as well as their first without Hlavsa, titled Maska za maskou. In 2014, the Plastic People of the Universe teamed up with the Brno Philharmonic for a symphonic performance of their 1981 album, Co znamená vésti koně. Disputes and division: 2015–present Disputes soon arose between PPU members, and a distinctive rift occurred. Kvasnička and Turnová left. On 17 November 2015, the band performed again with the Brno Philharmonic, and a recording of the concert was published in 2017. Since the concert had been rehearsed together with the two recently departed members, Kvasnička and Turnová were forced to perform, a decision Kabeš disagreed with, and which subsequently led to his departure. Karafiát followed suit shortly after. After the concert, Brabenec also announced his departure and in January 2016, Janíček walked out. Kabeš and Karafiát then added bassist Tomáš Skřivánek, drummer Jan Ježek, and keyboardist Vojtěch Starý to the band's lineup and decided to continue under the name The Plastic People of the Universe/New Generation, later returning to the original name. The departed members of the band (Brabenec,