The Lowest of the Low sold over 100,000 copies of their two independent releases[citation needed], Shakespeare My Butt and Hallucigenia.
After The Lowest of the Low broke up, Hawkins formed The Leisure Demons with former Squirrel drummer Stephen Keeping.
Mark Hansen was a member of the Toronto band Dig Circus, which was mentioned in a Lowest of the Low song.
The Lowest of the Low continue to play sporadic shows to this day, including a tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of their most famous album, Shakespeare My Butt, which culminated at Massey Hall on May 7, 2011.
magazine, writing about the album 10 Kinds of Lonely (2009), notes that "the spontaneous results confirm his status as one of our best wordsmiths".