For the second time in their storied career Minneapolis’ The Jayhawks have called it a day. The Gram Parsons influenced band first appeared in 1985 and put together a series of strong albums, one of which – ‘Hollywood Town Hall’ – appeared on both Spin and Rolling Stone’s lists of the 1990s most essential albums. After the their follow-up, and most financially successful album, ‘Tomorrow the Green Grass’ Mark Olson left the band to pursue a career with his wife, Victoria Williams, leaving The Jayhawks to announce their first shortened retirement. They soon resurfaced with Olson’s singing and writing partner, Gary Louris, at the helm. Their latest album, ‘Rainy Day Music’, was a critically acclaimed return to the folk sound of their heyday, but sold only 175,000 copies. Olson and Louris had recently joined together for a tour, and it was at a sold out Madison, Wisconsin show on Saturday that Louris noted the end had come once more. “I don’t think we’re going to do anything else,” Louris told the Star Tribune. “We felt like we’ve done that enough. Everybody just wants to do something else. We haven’t completely closed the door, but … I’d say it’s dead.” Louris will next surface as a songwriter with the Dixie Chicks on their forthcoming album, and plans to enter the world of record production.