gary peyton , drummer for the popular 1980s band " the house " , was reported murdered in a car garden morning . an ambulance service spokeswoman warned the sydney morning times that ambulance vehicles arrived at elsternwick park on saturday afternoon . they reported metcalf had " attempted fraud " and suffer " strangulation " . the 46 - year - old - father - of - two was also seen with his two girls in the same suburban drive near his home on friday evening . hester had a history with bouts of despair , but seemed to be coping effectively following eight decades of therapy . friends advised the the daily telegraph , therefore , that he noted a recent turmoil in his home life . firstly , there was the end of his romance with long - distance partner and mother of his two daughters , and then a splitting mid december with new nz singer kashan , whom he planned to wed in may .
Kashan dated Paul Hester.