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In 1932, while in [[Los Angeles]], for a [[Hollywood Bowl]] performance, he married Helen Alzada Mann (1893–1988). The new Mrs. Hayes was born in Chattanooga and graduated from what is now [[Tennessee State University]]. One year later they had a daughter, Afrika Hayes.<ref>[http://www.schillerinstitute.org/fid_91-96/942_afrika_hayes.html "Afrika Hayes Interview: Growing Up With Roland Hayes"], Schiller Institute. Reprinted from the Summer 1994 issue of ''FIDELIO Magazine''.</ref> The family moved into a home in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]].

Hayes did not perform very much from the 1940s to the 1970s, but continued yearly concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York and performances at Fisk and other colleges. In 1966, he was awarded the degree of [[Honorary Doctorate]] of Music from The [[Hartt School of Music]], [[University of Hartford]]. Hayes continued to perform until the age of 85, when he gave his last concert at the [[Longy School of Music]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]]. He was able to purchase the land in Georgia on which he had grown up as a child.<ref>Chris Hillyard, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170307045623/http://georgiashpo.org/sites/uploads/hpd/pdf/Reflections/Reflections%20February%202017_Final.pdf "Gordon County’s Gift To The World: Remembering Roland Hayes"]}}, ''Reflections'' (Georgia African American Historic Preservation Network), Vol. XIII, No. 4, February/March 2017, p. 3. Originally published in ''Calhoun Magazine'', Jan/Feb 2017.</ref>