They married some time after she left her parents place and moved in with her cousin Andrew Gadsden, who was Pendarvis's roommate.
[2] He was also previously married to former Los Jovenes del Barrio singer Jillian Armsbury,[3][4] who died in January 2009 from mesothelioma.
[13] By 2014, Pendarvis had been with the Saturday Night Live Band, playing keyboards for 30 years and was the longest serving member with the outfit.
[15][16] Along with Richard Tee, Pendarvis played keyboards on the Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony album, Love Is the Answer which was released on Avco Records in 1974.
[20] Artists Pendarvis has worked with over the years include Bonnie Raitt on Streetlights (1974), Van McCoy on Disco Baby (1975), Barbra Streisand on Songbird (1978), Eric Clapton on August (1986), Don Johnson on Let It Roll (1989), Avril Lavigne on "Keep Holding On" (2006), and many more.