Counting Crows just put out a record in 2008. It did ok.
As for Live (per wiki):
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Hiatus and break-up
After an appearance at The Palazzo in Las Vegas, the members of Live announced in June 2009 that the band would be taking a two-year hiatus as they work on other projects. Kowalczyk plans to release a solo album and the other band members formed a group with Kevin Martin and Sean Hennessy of Candlebox called The Gracious Few. The band is currently recording an album in California and plan for release in early 2010.
On November 30, 2009, Taylor confirmed that the hiatus of the band was most likely a permanent rift. He cited Kowalczyk's demands of a $100,000 "lead singer bonus" at the 2009 Pinkpop Festival and a 2005 contract that put Kowalczyk as the sole signature of the band's publishing company, Black Coffee Publishing Inc., as reasons for the break-up. These sentiments were also conveyed in a letter to fans from the band (minus Kowalczyk), sent via e-mail to members of Live's mailing list at FriendsofLive.com. Taylor did, however, leave open the possibility of a new vocalist for Live. As of November 30, Live's official Facebook page was updated to remove all mentions of Kowalczyk's name from the line-up.