“Heaven just got a bit funkier.”

Calvin Simon, a founding member of the pioneering funk music group Parliament-Funkadelic, died Thursday at age 79.

A cause of death was not immediately available.

The news was confirmed Saturday bya post on Simon’s official Facebook page.

Simon’s former bandmates George Clinton and Bootsy Collins paid tribute to the vocalist on social media.

“Rest in peace to my P-Funk brother Mr. Calvin Simon,” Clinton wrote on Facebook.

“Longtime Parliament-Funkadelic vocalist.

Fly on Calvin!”

On Instagram, Collins wrote, “We lost another Original member of Parliament/Funkadelic.

A friend, bandmate & a cool classic guy, Mr. Calvin Simon was a former member of Parliament/Funkadelic.

Simon was drafted for the Vietnam War shortly after, returning to the group after two years of service.

His debut gospel albumShare the Newsreleased in 2004, when he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.

He released two more albums,It’s Not Too Latein 2016 andI Believein 2018, following his recovery.