Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin rani na 1998, yayin da ƙungiyar ke ci gaba da yawon shakatawa don tallafawa "Rubuce-rubucen Cryptic", Menza yana da matsalolin gwiwa kuma ya nemi shawarar likita. An sanar da shi cewa yana da ciwon daji, wanda daga baya aka gano cewa yana da kyau, kuma an cire shi. Maimakon soke duk wani kwanan wata, Megadeth ya hayar da Jimmy DeGrasso a matsayin mai maye gurbin wucin gadi. Lokacin da lokaci ya zo don yin rikodin kundi na gaba, ba a sake kiran Menza ba kuma DeGrasso ya zama dan wasan rukuni na rukuni. Menza ya fada a cikin hirarraki da yawa cewa, yayin da yake asibiti yana murmurewa daga aikin tiyata na gwiwa, ya sami kiran waya daga Mustaine wanda kawai ya ce "Ba a buƙatar ayyukanku kuma". Bayan tafiyarsa, ya fara aiki a kan "Menza: Life After Deth" tare da guitarist Anthony Gallo, bassist Jason Levin, da guitarist Ty Longley. Da farko an yi nufin kundin ya sami kwanan watan fitarwa na 2002 da yawon shakatawa don bi; duk da haka, a yawon shakatawa a 2003 tare da Great White da aka sake gyara, Longley yana cikin mutane 100 da aka kashe a cikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na The Station
a Rhode Island kuma bayan shekara guda Jason Levin ya mutu sakamakon bugun zuciya, Menza da Gallo sun lalace kuma ba a sanar da yawon shakatawa na "Life After Deth" ba. Baƙon guitarist Christian Nesmith, ɗan The Monkees 'Michael Nesmith, ya yi wasu jagorori kuma Menza ya hayar da furodusa Max Norman (Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth).