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MacLean, suffering from heroin addiction, soon left the band, as did all the other members except Lee.

MacLean later emerged as a Contemporary Christian artist.

Echols and Forssi also experienced the ravages of drug addiction and disappeared from the scene.

Echols moved to New York and became a very busy studio musician.

Arthur Lee, as the only remaining member, convened a new lineup and continued recording as Love.

The reconstituted version of Love, which included Jay Donnellan and then Gary Rowles on guitars, Frank Fayad on bass guitar, and George Suranovich on drums, played in a blues-rock style, different from the band's previous line-up.

The new line-up never garnered the wide spread acceptance or acclaim of the original group.

Three albums were released by various permutations of this lineup: Four Sail ( 1969 ), Out Here ( 1969 ), and False Start ( 1970 ).

The latter featured a guest appearance by Jimi Hendrix.

Arthur Lee released the solo album Vindicator in 1972, followed by a final official Love album, Reel to Real ( 1974 ), recorded by Lee and session musicians.

Love was finally discontinued in the late 1970s, and various plans to reunite the original Love in the following years did not come to fruition.

Lee re-emerged with the one-off single, " Girl on Fire ", in 1994.