Whiskey Myers have an unexpected hit with a ballad about drug abuse and death — 15 years after they first released it

Fifteen years ago, Whiskey Myers released a heartbreaking ballad about drug abuse, death, and ongoing love titled “Broken Window Serenade.” Fans of the East Texas country-rock band quickly connected with the song, but it remained, like much of the band’s output at the time, mostly an unknown to mainstream music fans. That changed in a big way this past year.

In April, “Broken Window Serenade,” a track off Whiskey Myers’ 2011 album Firewater , debuted on Billboard’s streaming chart for the first time. On Spotify’s daily playlist of the most-played tracks in the United States, the song, written by Whiskey Myers frontman Cody Cannon, has spent most of the summer in or near the Top 10 alongside Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” and new releases from Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo. On Sunday, the song sat at No.…