s ▁third ▁album , ▁The ▁Big ▁Picture , ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁with ▁Brad ▁Jones ▁producing . ▁When ▁Kont iki ▁was ▁re iss ued ▁in ▁England ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁success , ▁the ▁sessions ▁for ▁the ▁third ▁album ▁were ▁almost ▁done , ▁but ▁Harrison ▁held ▁off ▁on ▁re le asing ▁it . ▁Instead , ▁the ▁group ▁recorded ▁the ▁EP ▁Hotel ▁Baltimore , ▁which ▁consisted ▁of ▁a ▁re - rec ording ▁of ▁" L ost ▁My ▁Mot to " ▁from ▁Cot ton ▁is ▁King , ▁three ▁out t akes ▁from ▁Kont iki , ▁and ▁three ▁new ▁songs . ▁By ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁The ▁Big ▁Picture ▁was ▁finished , ▁mixed ▁by ▁producer ▁Dave ▁Frid mann , ▁and ▁sho pped ▁to ▁numerous ▁labels ▁before ▁finally ▁being ▁released ▁by ▁Rain bow ▁Quart z ▁in ▁October ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁ ▁Hi atus ▁and ▁other ▁projects ▁( 2 0 0 3 - 2 0 1 1 ) ▁ ▁The ▁release ▁of ▁The ▁Big ▁Picture ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁success , ▁and ▁numerous ▁personal ▁set back s ▁and ▁issues ▁with ▁the ▁label ▁caused ▁the ▁band ▁to ▁go ▁on ▁hi atus ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁After ▁this , ▁the ▁various ▁members ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁purs ue ▁their ▁own ▁projects . ▁George ▁Re iff ▁remained ▁active ▁in ▁the ▁music ▁scene ▁as ▁a ▁perform er ▁and ▁producer , ▁working ▁with ▁Chris ▁Robinson , ▁Court ▁Y ard ▁H ounds , ▁D ix ie ▁Ch icks , ▁Jakob ▁D yl an , ▁and ▁Bruce