Editing Canned Heat (section)

=== Burger Brothers revival and the death of Bob Hite ===
[[File:Canned Heat at Woodstock Reunion 1979.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Canned Heat performing in 1979]]
The popularity of the blues genre rose in the late 1970s and early 1980s with the release of the musical-comedy film ''[[The Blues Brothers (film)|The Blues Brothers]]'' (1980), starring [[Dan Aykroyd]] and [[John Belushi]]. During this time, de la Parra had bought into the partnership of an East Hollywood recording studio at which he was again working with former bandmate Larry Taylor. Taylor had been associating with guitarist [[Hollywood Fats|Mike "Hollywood Fats" Mann]] and pianist [[Ronnie Barron]] and before long Taylor, Barron and Hollywood Fats were in the band. This version referred to by Hite and Mann as the "Burger Brothers" lineup, was soon joined by blind piano player Jay Spell, as Ronnie Barron walked out on the band after a blow-up between himself and Taylor.{{sfn|De La Parra|2000|pp=248–250}}

The Burger Brothers played the tenth anniversary of Woodstock at [[Parr Meadows]] in 1979. A recording of the performance eventually surfaced through [[King Biscuit Flower Hour]]'s Barry Ehrmann as, ''Canned Heat in Concert'', in 1995 (de la Parra considers this to be Canned Heat's best recorded live album).{{sfn|De La Parra|2000|p=357}} Another recording made around this time was for [[Cream Records]], who desired a more R&B-style sound than what Canned Heat was currently offering. This upset Hollywood Fats and Mike Halby was brought in to finish the project; which would not find commercial release until 1981 when former band member Tony de la Barreda put it out under [[RCA]] as a tribute album called, ''In Memory of Bob "The Bear" Hite 1943–1981—"Don't Forget To Boogie"''. After a falling out with de la Parra and Hite, Taylor and Mann were increasingly unhappy with the musical direction of the band and eventually left to focus more attention on their [[Hollywood Fats Band]]. Nevertheless, Jay Spell was still on board and brought in bass player Jon Lamb; Mike Halby was now a full-time member and long-time guitarist Vestine once again made his return to the band, with Hite and de la Parra as its leaders.{{sfn|De La Parra|2000|pp=252-258}}

No longer managed by Howard Wolf, Eddie Haddad set the band up touring military bases across the U.S., Europe and Japan non-stop. Returning with little pay after the difficult tour, Jay Spell quit the band. Jon Lamb stayed on for one more tour in the south and just before Christmas 1980 (and lacking the outlaw roots of the others), he too quit the band; but by then even Hite was starting to lose it. He had attempted to give it another try by hiring a large enthusiastic biker with the moniker "The Push" as their manager; hoping that the band's popularity with the biker community would give them renewed energy.{{sfn|De La Parra|2000|pp=260-268}} With new bass player Ernie Rodriguez joining the ranks, Canned Heat recorded the 1981 album, ''Kings of the Boogie'', the last album to feature Hite on a few of the tracks.

On April 5, 1981, having collapsed from a heroin overdose during a show at the [[Palomino Club (North Hollywood)|Palomino]] in Los Angeles, Bob Hite was later found dead in de la Parra's Mar Vista home at the age of 38.{{sfn|De La Parra|2000|pp=278–279}}