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Due to the success of Rocket, O ' Connor reunited with his former bandmates Sparks and Lauterio and recruited guitarist Luke McAuliffe to form a complete band, and the foursome toured North America throughout the summer of 1996.

Later in the year, the band attempted to release a second single, " Motherfucker ", but lack of promotion resulted in very little radio airplay, far from the runaway success that " Phone Booth " had become.

Early in 1997, they began writing and recording their first material as a full band.

Shortly after, Columbia dropped the band without warning or apparent reason.

However, Jonathan Daniel, the former Columbia executive who had originally signed them ( and a self-proclaimed fan of the band ), arranged a deal with Hi-Fi / Sire Records for the band's next album, Mellotron On !.

In, mere weeks before the album was set to be released, Sire Records and the U. S. division of London Records underwent a merger, causing the release of Mellotron On!

to be postponed.

London-Sire did not want to drop the band, but were having issues negotiating the release of the album.

As the band waited for the issue to resolve itself, its members took on day jobs: O ' Connor, who had lived off the money he made from Rocket as long as possible, was forced to get a job as a flower delivery man.

Eventually, London-Sire dropped the band, but Jonathan Daniel was there to pick them up again.

He signed them to a personal project of his, Boulder, Colorado-based indie label What Are Records ?.

The second album was finally released in late 2000, retitled White Hot Peach and consisting of a slightly different track listing than Mellotron On !.

White Hot Peach was made available in certain indie record stores and over a number of online music sharing services such as eMusic and Napster.