"[6][7] Kendrick then formed the Continental Miniatures, who had a charting single in 1978 (Billboard #90) with a cover of Dusty Springfield's "Stay Awhile."
[8] In 1980, Kendrick and two other members of Bates Motel, bassist Les Bohem and guitarist Bob Haag, were recruited by brothers Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks, with whom they toured and recorded between 1981-1986.
[5] While playing with Sparks, Kendrick and Bohem formed the side project Gleaming Spires and had a hit with the single "Are You Ready for the Sex Girls?"
[10] In 1987, Kendrick joined Devo,[11] replacing their previous drummer Alan Myers, who had left the band in 1986 due to discontent with the increasing use of drum machines.
Afterwards, for a period during the early 1990s, Kendrick worked for Mutato Muzika,[11] a commercial music production studio established by Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh.
He first performed with the band as a separate act in August 5 that year at the Zebulon Cafe Concert in Los Angeles, along with Dynasty Handbag (the alter ego of Jibz Cameron), Lizzy Cooperman, and Elliot Reed.
[14] Another performance at the Zebulon Cafe Concert followed in September 3, this time alongside Carla Bozulich, Mate Tulipan and Father Murphy.
[20] Visiting Kids appeared on the compilation album Radio Tokyo Tapes Volume 4: Women (1989) with the track "Trilobytes"[21] and on the soundtrack to the film Rockula (1990) with "United State of Beat".
[5] With a core of Kendrick and singer Steve Summers, along with many other involved musicians, the project has recorded several albums with guests such as Russell Mael (Sparks), Lisa Germano (John Mellencamp, Simple Minds), James Mankey (Sparks, Concrete Blonde), and former Wall of Voodoo singer Andy Prieboy,[6][9] the latter with whom Kendrick also recorded and performed with in the late 1990s on the musical White Trash Wins Lotto, which was inspired by Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose.
[27] Since the 2010s,[28] under the name DeKay, Kendrick has been the drummer and lyricist for psychedelic rock band Revolushn,[4] who released their first album Dark Matter in 2014.
In keeping with its title, the album consists of covers of two Smooth Noodle Maps songs - "Spin That Wheel" and "Devo Has Feelings Too".
Outside of music, Kendrick's interests include film noir, psychedelia, hauntology, libraries, trickster mythology, and crime fiction.