Birkin also recommended Tracy to director Waris Hussein, writer Alan Parker and producer David Puttnam.
After Melody, Hyde appeared in the UK Trial (BBC, 1971), ITV Playhouse: The Greeks and Their Gifts (Anglia, 1972) and Love Story: Home for the Holidays (Associated Television, 1973).
The success of Melody in Japan resulted in Hyde being invited there in 1972 and plans were made for a film with her in the lead role.
Hyde has since remarried and has returned home to London, where she now manages the family business, a kennel boarding service.
Despite the relative popularity of Hyde in Japan, the band claimed not to have been aware of the former actress in choosing the name and in stylizing its spelling.