According to The Orange County Register, the Arena Football League’s L.A. KISS, faced with dwindling attendance and concerns about the league’s viability, has ceased operations.

“As I understand, (the KISS) won’t be involved in any football moving forward,” AFL Player’s Union Executive Director Ivan Soto wrote in an email on Monday.

The KISS, named after the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame band led by co-owners Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, became the third AFL team to fold and the fifth to leave the league over the past week. In that span, the Orlando Predators and Portland Steel also folded, and the Jacksonville and Arizona franchises announced intentions to join the rival Indoor Football League. That leaves just four teams in the AFL, half the number that started the 2015 season.

KISS players and season ticket-holders remain completely in the dark. No official announcement about the team’s status has been made by the team or the league. Calls made to KISS officials over several days were not returned. When pressed about the future of the KISS, a spokesperson for the league referred only to a recent release that said the AFL was “focused on solidifying its foundation for the long term.”

That future apparently won’t include the KISS. The team’s players, along with those from the other two folding franchises, were put in a player pool for a dispersal draft held Friday for the league’s remaining teams. All undrafted players become free agents, according to an AFL spokesperson.

The dispersal draft was news to Caesar Rayford, a defensive end who joined the KISS before last season. Rayford had another year left on his contract with the KISS, but was drafted Friday by the Tampa Bay Storm - one of eight KISS players selected.

It wasn’t until this weekend, however, when Rayford searched the league’s site, that he found out his rights belonged to another team. By Monday, he still hadn’t heard from any KISS officials. He's still not sure what his next step will be.

“Arena Football didn’t notify us,” Rayford said. “The team didn’t notify us. And then boom. You have guys who are out of a job now, guys that are still in the dark. People have to make decisions. With Arena Football, these are guys that have to get things in order.”

Read the full story at The Orange County Register.