After the release of the single, Burch and Sparks went to Berkeley, California to promote the record on the local college radio station.

After one more recording session which produced the songs "Prey", "Shadows", and "The Image", the band ceased to exist in the summer of 1987.

Adame went to Los Angeles to see Jello Biafra perform a spoken word show at the Echo Lounge.

Strobelight Records contacted Adame about including a Burning Image song on a compilation that they were releasing in 2006 titled Kaliffornian Deathrock.

Burning Image featuring original members Adame, Bonanno and Burch with returning bass player Leyva, played the Wake the Dead festival in spring 2007,[11] along with Ausgang, Cinema Strange, Tragic Black, Scarlet's Remains and Pins and Needles.

On November 12, 2007, Burning Image opened a show for Christian Death 1334 featuring original members James McGearty and Rikk Agnew as well as former Shadow Project founder, Eva O.

After those shows, Burning Image began writing material for their next album Fantasma, released on Alternative Tentacles in 2009.

Fantasma was later described by Allmusic reviewer Tim DiGravina as "must-listen material for fans of death or goth rock"[12] and nominated for Album of the Year 2009 on Deathrock.com.

[15] 2011 release Oleander's source of inspiration was the Lords of Bakersfield cases, Adame stated in an interview: "It's like a local thing I've known about since I was a teenager.