By 1986, the trademark on "Horne's Motor Lodge Restaurant" had expired. Pennington also worked at the Tally Ho Motor Lodge with Bonnie. The hotel was once a two-story 1960s motor lodge motel. On 1 May 1996, Riley died by suicide in Perth at the Bentley Motor Lodge. In 1954, the company opened the first Howard Johnson's motor lodge in Savannah, Georgia.