in 1983, though it only just made the top 50 in the United Kingdom. This was followed by the release of their first and only US album, ATF, a compilation of their UK albums. This success came too late, and growing musical differences eventually caused the band to split in 1982. Piercy was looking to leave during the recording sessions that led to the single "Der Kommissar". Although "Der Kommissar", which had already become a hit in Canada, finally took hold in the American charts, CBS tried to get the band back together without success. All rights to the band name were signed over by Banks to Piercy and CBS. Piercy immediately went back into the studios to rerecord "One Rule" and "Dancing in the Shadows", the latter being released as a single and charting in the US with some success. Piercy started work on a new album called Free Heat (an anagram of After The Fire, with the missing letters creating the word "rift"). The album was recorded across the UK in various studios including The Manor and The Town House. The only single from the sessions was "8 Ball in the Top Pocket" (b-side "Deep Waters Still Run"), released on 7-inch and 12-inch. The latter also contained "One Down for the Highway", was deleted before release. Musicians who worked on the album with Piercy and Mal Pope included Roger Taylor (Queen), Heny Spinetti & Bob Jenkins - drums, John Giblin & Andy - bass, Alan Murphy & John Russell - guitar, Adrian Lee - keys. Mal and John Russell both did some backing vocals. The album consisted of the following tracks: "8 Ball in the Top Pocket", "Young Love", "Terry", "Stop Go", "4th Street Room 101", "Jewel in the Night", "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", "Young and Wild", "One Down for the Highway", and "Deep Waters Still Run". CBS had planned to make it the company's first release on CD. Work on the album had begun to get hard, the demos were not turning into the tracks Piercy wished for. Then towards the end of recording, the producer, John Eden, told Piercy that he "didn't like" any of the styles, bands or writers he was aspiring to. The whole project was dropped by CBS and was never released. Piercy recalls "I think they could have been good but I now realize I didn't get the production