Sandra Burke was the mother of Bombhead. When Mrs. Burke died, Bombhead suffered a mental breakdown and, unable to accept her death, lived with her body. He took care of her - making her tea and meals, cleaning the house as well as her - all whilst seeing the ghost of Mr. C. In November 2004, Bombhead's friend Lee Hunter found her body, having snuck into Bombhead's house to sleep with Stacey Foxx. Lee's mother Sally later revealed that the post-mortem showed Sandra had suddenly died of a massive stroke and had been dead a matter of months.
In December 2004, Bombhead scattered his mother's ashes at New Brighton, accompanied by Lee shortly after the death of his brother Dan. In 2005, Bombhead began searching for his biological father and found letters written by Sandra to several partners. For Bombhead's 20th birthday, Sally, Les Hunter, and Tony and Mandy Hutchinson planted a memorial tree for Sandra.