Dottie Eyler has been in declining health for the last few years. She has performed and played her guitar over the last 68 years and has written lots of songs for the Carroll County Ramblers. In January 2009, she fell and fractured her sternum which added to the onset of her osteporosis and degenerative disc disease in her neck. She no longer is able to travel with the band, but always sends her love when she knows the band is going out to play. She listens to the bluegrass music on Satellite radio every day and her heart and soul continues to be in bluegrass music.