Editing Rockin' Sidney (section)

===Later years===
Sidney used royalties from "My Toot Toot" to purchase radio station [[KAOK]] in Lake Charles. He also bought Festival City, a {{convert|6|acre|ha|adj=on}} entertainment complex in Lake Charles, and started a record label, ZBC Records. After the success of "My Toot Toot," Sidney toured the United States and Europe and continued to record, characteristically playing all parts. Although nothing before or after ever matched the career-defining success of "My Toot Toot," several of his songs such as "If It's Good for the Gander," "My Zydeco Shoes," "Jalapeño Lena", and "Ann Cayenne" have become zydeco staples and are played regularly by other bands.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}

After a long bout with throat cancer, Rockin' Sidney Simien succumbed to the disease in 1998, leaving his legacy to his wife, three sons, and four grandchildren. He was funeralized at his hometown church, Immaculate Conception in Lebeau, and buried in the church cemetery.