After reuniting in Los Angeles, Sanford and Townsend signed a publishing deal with Chappell Music and began writing songs, most notably "Peacemaker" for Loggins and Messina, which was co-written by Sanford and Townsend with Kenny Loggins.
Their 1976 self-titled album, recorded at the famous Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama, started getting attention when "Smoke from a Distant Fire" reached No.
The band's long-time bassist, Jerry Rightmer, died in 2007 at the age of 57 from cirrhosis of the liver, brought on by hepatitis C. Former lead guitarist Roger Johnson currently works with his wife in publishing.
He had spent 25 years in the film industry as a video technician and editor subsequent to his time in the Sanford-Townsend Band.
Townsend's tenor voice remains substantially unchanged from thirty years prior.