Cika wannan jumla: Watanni hudu bayan mutuwar Jerry Garcia a watan Agusta 1995, Grateful Dead a hukumance ya rushe. Koyaya, membobin ƙungiyar sun ci gaba da yin wasan kwaikwayo a cikin shekaru masu zuwa a cikin wasu ƙungiyoyi kamar RatDog, Phil Lesh da Abokai, Rhythm Devils, the Other Ones, da Matattu. Bayan hutu na shekaru hudu bayan yawon shakatawa na bazara na "Wave That Flag" a shekara ta 2004, Matattu sun yi wasan kwaikwayo biyu na 2008 don tallafawa
Obama yaƙin neman zaɓe, wanda aka tallata a matsayin "Deadheads for Obama" da "Canji Rocks", da kuma a daya daga cikin Obama inaugural balls a shekara ta 2009, a karshe haifar da wani bazara 2009 yawon shakatawa. A lokacin wannan haɗuwa, Weir da Lesh, waɗanda suka yarda da jin daɗin yin wasa tare tare, sun yanke shawarar kafa sabon rukuni. A watan Agusta 2009, mawaƙa sun sanar da cewa sun kafa sabon rukuni, Furthur, tare da Kadlecik, Chimenti, Lane, da Russo.