 The band broke up in early 1997 shortly before the release of Leper Ethics.Despite all the songs being written by Lammers, Everhart and Lanser continued using the name Seven Storey Mountain for a short time in Lammers' absence, drafting Aaron Wendt as a singer/bassist and Jason Kileen as lead guitarist, with Everhart switching from bass to second guitar.During that summer Lammers recorded 2 four song EPs on his own, "LLE" and "Conservatory".