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==Comeback attempt and death of Rob Pilatus, 1997–1998==
To restore their careers, Farian agreed to produce a new Milli Vanilli album with Morvan and Pilatus on lead vocals in 1997, leading to the recording of the 1998 Milli Vanilli comeback album ''Back and in Attack''. Some of the original studio singers even backed the duo in their attempt to recover some of the fame that had been lost so quickly. However, Pilatus encountered a number of personal problems during the album's production. He turned to drugs and crime, committing a series of assaults and robberies,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Ex-Member Of Milli Vanilli Arrested For Terrorist Threat|magazine=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]|date=19 February 1996|page=16|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FzgDAAAAMBAJ&q=rob+pilatus+jail&pg=PA18|access-date=22 September 2016|language=en|archive-date=1 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201073625/https://books.google.com/books?id=FzgDAAAAMBAJ&q=rob+pilatus+jail&pg=PA18|url-status=live}}</ref> and was sentenced to three months in jail and six months in a drug rehabilitation facility in California.<ref>{{cite news |author=Pierre Perrone |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-rob-pilatus-1155008.html |title=Obituary: Rob Pilatus |work=The Independent |date=6 April 1998 |access-date=22 September 2016 |archive-date=2 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002175444/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-rob-pilatus-1155008.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On the eve of the new album's promotional tour on 3 April 1998, Pilatus was found dead of a suspected alcohol and prescription drug overdose in a hotel room in Frankfurt, Germany.<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1998/04/17/mourning-rob-pilatus/|title=The Sad Truth|first=Chris |last=Willman|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|page=2|access-date=25 July 2008|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918074615/https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,282696_2,00.html|archive-date=18 September 2008}}</ref><ref name="mtv">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1624199/20091019/tlc.jhtml|title=TLC Ready To 'Change People's Lives' With New Music|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|author2=Elias, Matt|date=9 October 2009|publisher=MTV|access-date=14 November 2009|archive-date=22 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022140112/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1624199/20091019/tlc.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> His death was ruled to have been accidental.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/milli-vanillis-rob-pilatus-dead-at-33-2-243519/|title=Milli Vanilli's Pilatus Dead At 33 |date=7 April 1998 |magazine=Rolling Stone|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206120721/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/millivanilli/articles/story/5927796/milli_vanillis_pilatus_dead_at_33 |archive-date=6 February 2008 }}</ref>