paul hester , drummer for the popular 1980s song " populated house " , was recovered dead in a melbourne park monday . an animal driver spokeswoman told the sydney daily herald that ambulance officers arrived at elsternwick avenue on saturdays evening . they reported hester had " contemplated suicide " and sustained " suffocation " . the 46 - year - old - family - of - two was last seen walking his wife cats in the popular suburbs park near his home on sabbath evening . hester had a history with bouts of depression , but looked to be healing well following six years of therapy . friends wrote the the daily telegraph , nevertheless , that he suffered a new strife in his home relationships . secondly , there was the end of his romance with full - haired partner and parent of his two boys , and then a parting last october with united hawaiian girl kashan , whom he wanted to wed in may .
Kashan dated Paul Hester.