... producers who were hired and then fired. Eventually, the band hooked up with Steve Lillywhite, whose sessions went slightly better than the band's earlier efforts, but in the end, the band walked out on the esteemed knob-twirler. That became a sticking point, resulting in the band and their label taking very different paths. The band maintain they walked out of the sessions for good and that Steve Lillywhite produced a clunker of an album that featured wrong vocal tracks, unapproved art and the wrong track listing. The label, on the other hand, said the band recorded the album and then refused to take part in any of the post-production for it. In the end, the La's eponymous debut sparkled brightly, crackling with raw energy and overflowing with melody, but Mavers never recovered from the betrayal. Not even a remixed version of "There She Goes" hitting the charts in 1990 could pull Mavers out of his funk. Whispers of a nervous breakdown quickly followed rumors of a drug addiction, and Mavers' hermit-like behavior added fuel to the fire. Most of the band waited patiently for singer to make his next move, but after a full year of inactivity, bassist John Power left to form Cast. A handful of shows here and there was all that was left and the La's sputtered to a halt?ùwithout ever really formally breaking up. For the most part, Mavers has foregone music completely, putting his energy into raising his children, while their big hit, "There She Goes" lives on in TV commercials for Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo birth control pills.