 He continued to play with Herb Alpert, joining his touring version of the Tijuana Brass in the mid 1970s.In his later years, he devoted himself to psychology, earned a master's degree, and served as vice president of the Southern California chapter of the Tourette Syndrome Association.He died at his home in California of lung cancer, a day after his song "Spanish Flea" was used in the "Simpsons" episode "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday".