Bayan da aka rushe Crisp a 1997, Sia ta yanke shawarar komawa London don bin dangantakarta da saurayinta Dan Pontifex. Bayan makonni da yawa, yayin da yake a Thailand, sai ta sami labarin cewa Pontifex ya mutu bayan ya kasance cikin hadarin mota a London. Ta koma Ostiraliya, amma ba da daɗewa ba ta sami kira daga ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin abokan gidan Pontifex, wanda ya gayyace ta ta zauna a London. Ta 2001 album Healing Is Difficult lyrically deals da Pontifex ta mutuwa: "Na kasance kyakkyawa fucked up bayan Dan ya mutu. Ba zan iya jin wani abu ba. Zan iya tunanin abubuwa da yawa; cewa ina da manufa, cewa an ƙaunace ni, amma ba zan iya jin wani abu ba. " Sia ya tuna da mutuwarsa a wata hira da The Sunday Times a 2007: "Mun kasance masu lalata, duk da haka mun yi aure a Thailand, sai ta sami labari cewa Pontifex ya mutu bayan ya yi hatsari a London.
JD Samson