 In 1996, after helping produce and write some tracks on Vika and Linda Bull's album "Princess Tabu", and the release of "Short Cool Ones" and "Rewind – The Best Of", Diesel relocated with his family to New York City.In 1998 signed a new deal with Mammoth Records and decided to re-emerge under his own name, Mark Lizotte.In November 1998, Lizotte was back in Australia and appeared at the Telstra Concert of the Century/Mushroom 25th anniversary where he joined Chris Wilson and Jimmy Barnes on stage.