Badlees as he planned to pursue a career as a record producer/engineer as well as launch his new band Sweet Pea Felty, the first shift in personnel among the musicians since 1991. The remaining members of the band, along with Fetchko, formed an equal partnership in the label S.A.M. Records ("Saturation Acres Music"), and began to sign other musical artists to the label, including Katsu, Joe Charles, and Jared Campbell. But over time, these Fetchko projects dried up and, within a year or so, Fetchko departed from the band as manager. Throughout the bulk of the rest of the decade, the Badlees would be on an, unplanned, extended hiatus. Pete Palladino moved to Philadelphia where he got into the restaurant business, eventually becoming general manager of the hotel and restaurant Daddy O in Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Ron Simasek remained the primary session drummer at Saturation Acres and played drums in various settings. Alexander and Smith continued to operate Saturation Acres, recording and producing scores of musical acts and branching out into other areas such as licensing. In 2005, they recorded a cover of "Keep on the Sunny Side" with singer Kate "k8" Hearity, which was used in commercials by Days Inn nationwide. But eventually Paul Smith accepted a position as an instructor at Susquehanna University and left Saturation Acres in 2007. Soon after, Alexander moved the studio to commercial location in Dupont, Pennsylvania, sharing the building with his wife's newly opened bakery. Epiphones and Empty Rooms (2009–2013) In 2008, Bret Alexander formed the band Giants of Despair, which reunited him with manager Terry Selders for a short while. Later that year, Chris Gardner, the Badlees’ current manager, initiated a reunion of the band with the help of Ron Simasek. Together, they persuaded the rest of the band members, including Alexander, to reunite and work on the new album. The album included songs that had been written as far back as 2003, two of which, "Don't Ever Let Me Down" and "Well Laid Plans" were previously released by Alexander as solo efforts in the mid-2000s. One final song, "Two States" was added late to the project as a tribute to Alexander's father, who died February 14, 2009. Love is Rain, the Badlees' album for which Gardner acted as Executive Producer and offered financing for the album's production, was released in October 2009. It was acclaimed by several critics as