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It produced the band's fourth and final Top 5 hit in the #3 "Love on the Loose, Heart on the Run" (which Kostas also co-wrote), as well as a Top 20 in its title track, the only other single release. "Hangin' In and Hangin' On," the B-side to "Love on the Loose, Heart on the Run," was later released by David Ball as a single from his 1996 album Starlite Lounge. In 1994, the band charted its last Top 40 hit, "No More Cryin'," which McBride and Josh Leo co-wrote for the soundtrack to the film 8 Seconds. Also that same year, McBride & the Ride recorded a cover version of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Saturday Night Special" on the MCA compilation album Skynyrd Frynds, which featured country artists' renditions of Lynynrd Skynyrd songs.By the end of 1994, Herndon and Thomas left the group, as the label had decided to shift the band's focus to McBride, and Herndon did not want to be "push[1] to the background." According to Herndon, the members "parted as friends." A new bass guitarist, Randy Frazier, was brought in, also as part of the label's decision to focus more on McBride. Frazier had previously been a member of Palomino Road, which recorded one album for Liberty Records in 1992. Completing the new lineup were Keith Edwards (drums), Kenny Vaughn (lead guitar), Gary Morse (steel guitar), and Jeff Roach (keyboards), who had previously played in McBride & the Ride's road band. McBride then bought the naming rights to the band and re-named it Terry McBride & the Ride. One album (also titled Terry McBride & the Ride) and three singles were released under the new name and lineup. These singles — "Been There," "High Hopes and Empty Pockets" and "Somebody Will," which was later released in 1997 by River Road — all failed to reach Top 40, and the band broke up in 1995.

After this disbanding, McBride became the bass guitarist in Brooks & Dunn's road band.

McBride, Thomas and Herndon reunited as McBride & the Ride in 2000, releasing Amarillo Sky on Dualtone Records in 2002 before splitting up again.

This six-piece lineup produced a fourth album (1994's Terry McBride & the Ride) and three more singles before a 1995 disbanding.

I first heard them on the radio in the early '90s, shortly after their first single.

McBride also co-wrote Josh Gracin's 2005 single "Stay with Me " with Jedd Hughes and Brett James. Herndon self-released a solo album entitled Livin' the Dream in late 2005. This album included his own rendition of "Me and You" with background vocals from Sonya Isaacs, as well as a duet with Clint Black on "Grain of Salt."McBride & the Ride's sound was defined by close, three-part vocal harmonies. Between their vocal styles and the "crisp, gentle rockers" that the MCA albums contained, McBride & the Ride was compared to other rock-influenced country vocal bands such as Alabama and Southern Pacific. In his book The Encyclopedia of Country Music, writer Paul Kingsbury describes McBride & the Ride as having "found success with a series of middle-of-the-road singles with tight harmonies."Ronnie Dunn, with whom McBride collaborated when he wrote songs for Brooks & Dunn, said that he was a fan of the band before McBride joined the duo's road band.