Complex sentence: After that accident, Hodgson stopped his musical career for a while, and returned to the public in 1997 with live shows and a live album, "Rites of Passage", but would not release another studio album until 2000's "Open the Door".
Split into simpler sentences: After that accident, Hodgson stopped his musical career for a while. He returned to the public in 1997 with live shows and a live album, "Rites of Passage", but would not release another studio album until 2000's "Open the Door".