Dick Lee was sitting in his Eugene, Ore., home one day last year right around this time -- 354 days ago, actually.

Just to see what would happen, he typed into Google the name of the Lemoore-based band he used to play in back in the 1960s.

He really hadn't thought too much about The Brymers in some time. It had been 25 or 30 years since he'd seen or heard from some of the other guys in that band. So he didn't expect much from this Google query.

He certainly didn't expect it would be the start of a new chapter for The Brymers (pronounced "brimmers") -- one that includes a concert Saturday in Hanford, a CD of their 1960s music and a new CD of recently recorded material.

But there he saw it, right on his computer screen. The Brymers existed in the wide world that is the Web.

The group's song "Sacrifice" had popped up on a few compilations of garage-band music from the era. It was odd, considering the song was never a hit. Heck, it wasn't even the A-side of the group's 45.

He was intrigued.

So, Lee -- once a drummer, but now a psychologist -- found a forum at garagepunk.com that dealt with this type of music and posted the following: "Just a note to see if anyone has heard 'Sacrifice' by The Brymers. The group was a mid-1960's garage band who had minimal recordings."

Within the hour, the responses started to roll in:

"Are you just finding out about the band's continued popularity?"

"The Brymers is a well-known 45 to all garage fiends."

Soon he learned that people, especially collectors of old records, had been looking for The Brymers.

Their song -- unbeknownst to the people who made it -- had turned into a collectible hit, with interest that spanned the globe. Lee had people in Italy, Australia and Norway asking for more from The Brymers. He was floored.

What Lee didn't know was that right around the same time, a similar light bulb was being flicked on for two of his former bandmates.

It was Oct. 14, and Hanford Parks and Recreation was trying to revive the once- popular Melco dances (named for promoter Mel Simas) of the 1960s and 1970s, with an event at the Hanford Civic Auditorium. It was one of the venues where such dances would take place and where bands such as The Brymers would play.

It was there that Michel Wagner, who helped start the band that would be The Brymers, ran into Jim Mellick, the guitarist who had replaced Wagner when he left the band.

Wagner was a senior at Lemoore High when he, Lee, Kenny Valentine and Robert Virden started a band called The Challengers.

Through lineup changes and name conflicts, the band became The de-Fenders and eventually The Brymers. All told, in its five-year lifespan, the band went through a handful of lineup changes and had nine total members over the years.

So when Mellick and Wagner saw each other last year in Hanford, even though they had never actually played together, it immediately took them back 40 years.

They were both young guys in a band with big dreams that went, save for local and regional success, unfulfilled.

But when the organizers of that dance asked whether any older bands or band members would be interested in joining in the Melco revival, Wagner volunteered.

"It's amazing how many people got into this cult '60s music thing," says Wagner, who is semi-retired, but works as a special-ed teacher's aide for Visalia Unified School District. "I didn't know anything about it. I was oblivious to any of that."

Lee, on a mission to round up old band members, called Mellick. The first thing out of his mouth was, "You're not going to believe this." Then Lee told Mellick everything he'd learned on the Internet.

So, Mellick dug out an old box of Brymers 45s he had in his garage. It was "I Want to Tell You" as the A-side and "Sacrifice" as the sought-after B-side. The pair put 10 of them on eBay, and all 10 sold in two hours -- for $100 each.

Amid the Internet inquiries, Mike Dugo, who owns the record label and Web site 60sgaragebands.com, contacted Lee and wanted to release a CD of old Brymers material.

At that point, this went from being a neat epilogue to The Brymers' story to an exciting new chapter.

Lee got a wild idea. The band should have a reunion and record a new CD -- 40 years later. And they did, in March.

The meeting was like a class reunion, with the various incarnations of the band represented. Some of the guys still lived in the area; others lived in Nevada and Colorado. Most of them continued playing music in some form or another.

The band members recorded 14 tracks, keeping in touch with their 1960s style.

In June, the collection of older material was released by the 60sGarageBand label.

And right around that time, the group finalized plans for a reunion concert this Saturday at the Hanford Civic Auditorium.

That will serve as the CD release event for the new album, which is rightly titled "Where Are They Now?"

The answer to that question: riding high on a second taste of their musical dream.

"Here I am at this age, and I got two CDs in my name," says Mellick, 62, and a serviceman for Sears.

"If I had that when I was 20, I would have been flying like a kite."

Through the lifespan of The Brymers, Lee -- who was the only member in the band from start to finish -- would keep a journal, writing about the band's travels and various gigs. Now, he's found his ending.

"Very seldom do 62-year-old men get to get up there and act like kids," says Lee, also 62. "We get a chance to do that again."