 Together with "Emmerdale" co-stars Billy Hartman and Alun Lewis, he was a member of UK 1990s country rock trio The Woolpackers who had a UK hit single """Hillbilly Rock, Hillbilly Roll""" in November 1996.In 2003, Haliwell took a short break from Emmerdale for personal reasons.In September 2018 Halliwell had to take five months off from Emmerdale for health reasons, which he later revealed was due to having heart surgery.