She did the film Kailan Mahuhugasan Ang Kasalanan she continued to take a break and then came back with more movie projects such as Forever with Aga Muhlach and Mikee Counjangco and Tayo Na Sa Dilim and Bakit Ako Mahihiya in 1997.
Pilapil continues to entertain viewers via ABS-CBN's primetime drama series Ina, Kapatid, Anak premiered on October 8, 2012, and ended in June 2013, and is now airing by Jeepney TV.
In 2024, she starred in the medical drama series of GMA Network, Abot-Kamay na Panagarap and portrays the role of Madam Chantal Dubois vda.
[2] A companion, Rosel Peñas driving her Kia Carens, picked up Pilapil from a mall, supposedly to introduce her to the executives of Unilever Australia, who were then at Riverbend Hotel in Marikina.
[3] Peñas, initially a co-victim, was later tagged as perpetrator[4] and was charged with kidnapping and frustrated murder at the Antipolo prosecutor's office in November 2011.