 In 2017, Penniman returned to his spiritual roots and appeared in a lengthly televised interview on 3ABN and later he shared his personal testimony at 3ABN Fall Camp Meeting 2017.In October 1985, Penniman returned to the United States from England, where he had finished recording his album "Lifetime Friend", to film a guest spot on the show, "Miami Vice".Following the taping, he accidentally crashed his sports car into a telephone pole in West Hollywood, California.