Badlands

Badlands was a band founded by former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee and former Black Sabbath members Ray Gillen and Eric Singer. Badlands also featured bassist Greg Chaisson. After the first Badlands album, Eric Singer was replaced by Jeff Martin. The group lasted from 1988 to 1993 and released two albums, Badlands (1989) and Voodoo Highway (1991) before Gillen left and was replaced by singer John West from New York. Gillen's death in 1993 effectively ended any hopes of re-uniting the project. The album Dusk (a demo recorded in 1992 - 1993) was posthumously released in 1998.

A 2003 triple homicide case that Vera and Lilly once investigated goes sour in court when the prime suspect procures a viable alibi, and the team must reopen the case in order to find the true killer of the owners of a popular diner and their employee. Lilly sees the teenage employee behind the counter of the re-opened restaurant. Jeffries sees the owners, who were friends of his, at the counter as well.