Unsure about their fate on a national label, yet unable to affirmatively do much to further their career on that front, The Badlees decided to produce a short new EP of "unplugged" songs that were recorded in Bret Alexander's home basement studio.

Although The Day's Parade fell far short of the bands goal of releasing a new "album", it was the first new published material from the Badlees in nearly three and a half years.

It featured simple, mainly-acoustic arrangements and a definite "live" feel and was fueled by various combinations of acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, and just a tad of electric guitar lead from Alexander and Jeff Feltenberger, along with minimal rhythm from drummer Ron Simasek and bassist Paul Smith and well-represented harmonica and lead vocals from Pete Palladino.

The five-song EP was bookmarked by two new originals, written by Bret Alexander and songwriting collaborator Mike Naydock, the upbeat opener "Leaning on the Days Parade" and the waltz-like ballad "90% of the Time", with some interesting wah-wah laced guitar leads, as a closer.

The two updated songs came from the Badlees first two releases, "Last Great Act of Defiance" from the It Ain't For You EP and an excellent, banjo-based version of "Diamonds in the Coal" from the LP of the same name.