Cleto Escobedo III’s legacy lives on.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” has honored Escobedo, the program’s house band leader who died Nov. 11 at age 59, by changing the musical group’s name.

During the late night show’s title sequence on Monday’s episode, Cleto and the Cletones was officially rebranded as The Cletones.

Escobedo led the house band for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” from the show’s premiere in 2003 until his death last week.

His cause of death was listed as cardiogenic shock, with vasodilatory shock, disseminated intravascular coagulation and alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver listed as underlying causes, according to TMZ .

Kimmel, 58, abruptly canceled the live taping of his show scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 6, due to a “personal matter.” On Nov. 11, he announced on Instagram th

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