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Lisa Lopes' sister surprised by new 'Waterfalls' recording

NYP95120609-06DEC95-NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA: R&B group TLC pose with a cut-out of one of their members whom they said was sick and could not appear during the 1995 Billboard Music Awards. TLC won the most awards with top "Artist of the Year", "#1 R & B Artists", and "#1 R & B SIngle" for "Creep". UPI cc/Ezio Petersen
NYP95120609-06DEC95-NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA: R&B group TLC pose with a cut-out of one of their members whom they said was sick and could not appear during the 1995 Billboard Music Awards. TLC won the most awards with top "Artist of the Year", "#1 R & B Artists", and "#1 R & B SIngle" for "Creep". UPI cc/Ezio Petersen | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, June 26 (UPI) -- Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes' sister says her family was surprised the late U.S. singer's TLC band-mates replaced her on a new edition of their hit "Waterfalls."

Lopes died in a 2002 car crash in Honduras. She was 30.

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"I did not know about it until a fan posted it online. I mean, it would have been nice if they would have given us a head up before being surprised," TMZ quoted Reigndrop Lopes as saying.

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