 Canvas had played well over five hundred concerts all across the United States prior to going on hiatus.When asked if the band were breaking up, Byram said that the band were like an old married couple who have decided to take separate vacations.In early 2006 Joseph King and Scott Thomas along with former Billy Idol guitarist Mark Younger-Smith formed the band "Murder My Sweet", which was well received at the South by Southwest Festival in Spring 2006.