Ex-HEAVEN personnel guitarist Kelly Haese, bassist Mark Evans, also an AC/DC veteran, guitarist Laurie Marlow and drummer Joe Turtur together with ex-BLACK ALICE singer Rob Hartley created the short-lived HELLCATS.

By 1989 Evans and Haese had formed another new act MAMA'S DARLINGS with former ROSE TATTOO members guitarist Robin Riley and drummer Scott Johnson with ex-TOUGH LUXURY singer Stuart Cave.