Editing Bread (band) (section)

===Life after Bread===
In 2005, both Griffin and Botts died from [[cancer]] at the age of 61.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staff |title=Mike Botts, 61; Drummer for 1970's Rock Band Bread |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-dec-15-me-passings15.3-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 15, 2005 |access-date=July 26, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ankeny |first1=Jason |title=James Griffin - Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/james-griffin-mn0000787170/biography |website=AllMusic |publisher=AllMusic/Netaktion, LLC |access-date=July 26, 2020}}</ref> In August 2009, Knechtel died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] at the age of 69,<ref name=latimes>{{cite news |last1=Thursby |first1=Keith |title=Larry Knechtel dies at 69; bassist, keyboardist for '70's soft-rock group Bread |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-larry-knechtel24-2009aug24-story.html |newspaper=LA Times |date=August 24, 2009 |publisher=Los Angeles Times |access-date=July 26, 2020}}</ref> leaving Gates and Royer as the only surviving members of Bread. Royer continues to be involved in music, initially working out of his Nashfilms studio in Tennessee before relocating to the [[Virgin Islands]] in 2013. Gates contents himself with retirement at his home in [[Washington (state)|Washington]] with his wife Jo Rita. In 2010, Royer released a Jimmy Griffin tribute album consisting of songs written by both himself and Griffin.

During March 2014, the first biography of the band appeared, written by UK author Malcolm C. Searles, titled ''Bread: A Sweet Surrender'' (originally called ''Manna from Heaven: The Musical Rise & Fall of Bread'').<ref name="HelterSkelter">{{cite web | url=http://www.helterskelterpublishing.com/item.asp?id=3617 | title=''Bread – A Sweet Surrender'' | publisher=Helter Skelter | access-date=September 7, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Worldcat">{{cite book | title=Manna from heaven: the musical rise & fall of bread | publisher=[[WorldCat]] |oclc = 808499271}}</ref> It was written with the assistance of many surviving family members and musical colleagues of the band, along with exclusive interviews with founding member Robb Royer. A paperback/soft-cover edition appeared during 2017. The following year Royer published his own memoirs, ''The View from Contessa''.