[2] Killing Heidi broke up in 2006 but Jesse and Ella continued to make music together with new band The Verses, formed in 2009.
Today Hooper works as a music teacher, producer and community arts developer in Melbourne.
[citation needed] Killing Heidi was founded by Jesse and his sister Ella in 1996 and had great commercial success in Australia and internationally between 1996-2006.
[9] Since 2011 Hooper has worked as a community cultural development artist at The Artful Dodgers Studios, mentoring disadvantaged teens in song-writing and music production.
[10] Hooper also works as the Music Program Leader at The Australian College of the Arts (Collarts) in Melbourne.