▁recorded ▁a ▁six ▁song ▁demo ▁under ▁that ▁name . ▁Later , ▁the ▁band ▁once ▁again ▁changed ▁their ▁name ▁to ▁One ▁Day ▁I ▁Sto pped ▁Bre ath ing . ▁Finally , ▁the ▁band ▁settled ▁on ▁the ▁name ▁Sun ny ▁Day ▁Real ▁Est ate . ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁band ' s ▁found ing ▁as ▁Em pty ▁Set ▁until ▁after ▁re le asing ▁the ▁songs ▁" F lat land ▁Spider " ▁and ▁" The ▁On lies " ▁as ▁Sun ny ▁Day ▁Real ▁Est ate , ▁Dan ▁Ho erner ▁was ▁the ▁band ' s ▁lead ▁vocal ist ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁rh ythm ▁guitar ist ▁and ▁keyboard ist . ▁Jer emy ▁En ig k ▁eventually ▁took ▁over ▁on ▁lead ▁vocals ▁from ▁Dan ▁Ho erner . ▁However , ▁Dan ▁continued ▁to ▁supply ▁back ▁up ▁vocals , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁performing ▁as ▁the ▁band ' s ▁lead ▁guitar ist ▁and ▁backing ▁vocal ist . ▁ ▁After ▁re le asing ▁two ▁albums , ▁the ▁group ▁dis band ed . ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁Ho erner ▁had ▁moved ▁to ▁a ▁farm ▁in ▁rural ▁Washington . ▁The ▁group ▁reform ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁( minus ▁original ▁bass ist ▁N ate ▁M end el , ▁now ▁of ▁Foo ▁F igh ters , ▁in ▁this ▁time , ▁En ig k ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁bass ), ▁re le asing ▁two ▁more ▁albums , ▁before ▁dis band ing ▁again . ▁ ▁Three ▁original ▁members ▁of ▁Sun ny ▁Day ▁Real ▁Est ate ▁had ▁a ▁quasi - re union ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 0