When Keenan was 11 , his mother , Judith , had a brain aneurysm that paralyzed her . Two years later , she told Keenan to move to Michigan with his father . The song `` BreÃ a '' by A Perfect Circle uses the middle name of Keenan 's former fiancÃ e , while the single `` Judith '' bears the name of Keenan 's mother , Judith Marie .