 Not long after that, out of the music industry since the late 1960s, she was working as a lounge singer in Pensacola, Florida, until she moved to California and married Robert L. Adams Sr., a Compton, California City Commissioner, in 1988, and took a hiatus from her musical career.She was then persuaded to return to the studio by singer/songwriter/producer Jimmy Lewis.With his guidance, they recorded her solo debut album, "Help Yourself", released on October 22, 1996.