Joeys friend and fellow band member in both Lagwagon and Bad Astronaut, Drummer Derrick Plourde, committed suicide in March 2005. Bad Astronaut released its third and final album, Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment on November 14, 2006 on Fat Wreck Chords. Upon the album's release, Joey Cape announced, "without Derrick, there is no Bad Astronaut" on the band's MySpace page.