Silencio.
The world has lost a singular voice with the passing of Rebekah Del Rio, the powerhouse vocalist whose haunting performance of “Llorando” in Mulholland Drive became an instant and indelible part of film history. “La Llorona de Los Ángeles” (The Weeping Woman of Los Angeles) passed away at her home in Los Angeles on June 23, 2025. She was 57.
Del Rio’s collaboration with David Lynch was nothing short of cosmic. During a meeting at his home arranged by their mutual agent, Brian Loucks, Lynch invited her to check out the vintage Telefunken tube microphone in his recording booth. Inside, she started singing her Spanish-language a cappella version of Roy Orbison’s “Crying” that she had developed as a tribute to the murdered Tejano singer Selena. Del Rio was completely unaware John Neff, Lynch’s engineer at the time, had hit the record button. That raw recording, unchanged, would later become the centerpiece of Club Silencio in Mulholland Drive, a pivotal scene etched into the hearts of cinephiles for its devastating emotional clarity.
Sixteen years after Mulholland Drive, Del Rio returned to David Lynch’s stage for Part 10 of Twin Peaks: The Return. Performing at the Roadhouse, she wore a black-and-white chevron-patterned dress, a direct visual echo of the floor in the Black Lodge. This time, she sang “No Stars,” an original song she co-wrote with Lynch and Neff in 2001 which appeared a decade later on her 2011 studio album “Love Hurts Love Heals.” The song is a haunting elegy for a lost, starry past that is “now… a dream,” culminating in the desolate refrain, “No stars.” Performed immediately after the Log Lady’s fading message about the “glow… dying,“ the song functions as a perfect coda, mirroring the 3rd season’s central themes of lost time and the inability to reclaim the past.
Off-screen, Del Rio was deeply loved by her fans for her warmth, resilience, and openness about the tragedies in her life—including the heartbreaking loss of her only son, Phillip Craig DeMars, who died in 2009 after a four-year battle with cancer and to whom she often dedicated her performances. Aware of the magic she co-created with Lynch, the singer loved giving back to the fans. Whether she performed “Llorando” on stage at a festival, perched on a barstool in a download L.A. rooftop lounge after last call, or burst into song in a hallway while fans queued for the next show, her a cappella voice could hush a crowd to pin-drop silencio. Her dazzling, unforgettable presence is already missed.
“Pero ya no hay, ya no hay… Estrellas.”
But there are no more, there are no more… stars.
Live performance at the 25th anniversary convention of WEA Records in 1995, years before meeting David Lynch
Fire walk with 
