Alan Evans’ Playonbrother is calling it quits due to vehicular problems that prevent the drummer from further investing in the side project.

The band’s November Southeast run is cancelled but they will perform at the Bear Creek Music Festival as well as their November 21 show at New York’s Gramercy Theatre and the November 22 hometown show at Pearl Street Nightclub in Northampton, MA. The early December run, including dates with Tedeschi Trucks Band, will be the last shows for the band.

In a statement, Evans said, “I have a family to feed and bills to pay, just like everybody else. I need to focus on Soulive and my engineering and producing work to pay off the debt that has piled up through this series of van troubles. I have been investing everything I make with Soulive in Playonbrother and my studio. I have built two bands already, and Playonbrother is something I really wanted to work, and I was cool with not making money playing the shows while we were growing the audience, but this is a different matter and I can’t afford to continue this.”

Evans confirmed he is still finishing up the Playonbrother record that he, guitarist Danny Mayer and keyboardist Kris Yunker have been working on over the last few months. It will be released for download in the near future.