 In 1983, after a dispute with former bandmate Joey Molland over royalties for the song "Without You", Evans hanged himself in his garden.In addition to his wife Marianne, Evans is also survived by a son, Stephen.In 1993, a compilation of recordings made in the early 1980s by Evans and musician friend Rod Roach was posthumously released in the UK on Gipsy Records under the title "Over You (The Final Tracks)".