The band's first bass player, Alex Madara, was affected by a severe allergic reaction which placed him into a coma for eight days, finally resulting in his death on December 14, 1998.
Saetia's final, posthumous single, "Eronel" (also a title of a Thelonious Monk composition) was released under the Witching Hour label in 2000.
[citation needed] In 2016, Secret Voice, the label of Touché Amoré vocalist Jeremy Bolm, released Collected, a two-disc, 180 gram vinyl set that includes every studio recording by the group.
[9] In April 2022, Saetia, consisting of Billy Werner, Jamie Behar, Adam Marino, Colin Bartoldus, and Chris Enriquez (drummer of Spotlights, Julie Christmas and On the Might of Princes), announced via Instagram that they rehearsed for the first time in 24 years.
[10][11] In November 2022, they brought back Steve Roche (on drums) and new member, Tom Schlatter (on guitar) and played live at four locations in New York and Pennsylvania.