 In 2004 and 2005, Lytle recorded what would be the last Grandaddy album, Just Like the Fambly Cat, although by the time of its release the band had decided to split up. The title is a reference to Lytle's desire to leave Modesto, a town which he complained "sucks out people's souls". The album was largely the work of Lytle, who created the album over a year and a half in his home studio in Modesto, fuelled by alcohol, painkillers and recreational drugs, with only Burtch from the remainder of the band playing on it. It was preceded by the band's final release while together, the Excerpts From the Diary of Todd Zilla EP.
