 This latter formation created a video which won the "MTV Basement Tapes" competition in November 1986 with 71% of the vote.Split the Dark disbanded in 1988.Notably, one of the final members of Split the Dark was guitarist/vocalist Damon Johnson, who later formed the rock group Brother Cane, which had some national success in the 1990s with three albums, including their biggest hit "I Lie in the Bed I Make".