 Ardoin retired from playing music after the death of his son Gustave "Bud" in a car accident in 1974, but returned a few years later.After Fontenot's death in 1995, Ardoin performed with the band Balfa Toujours, and recorded an album, "Allons Danser", with them in 1998.Bois Sec and his wife Marceline had 14 children, who were raised on the family farm in Duralde.