Brendan Tyler was the husband of Lillian and father of Rodney. He was accidentally shot dead by Carl Gallagher in the last episode of Series 2, though as he was hit by a Police van just after it was originally thought that was what killed him. Frank quickly seized the opportunity to convince Lillian to allow him to regularly pretend to be Brendan in order to claim his benefits. Frank continued to cash Brendan's cheques years after his death and was even forced to dress similarly to him and pose as Lillian's husband to fool benefit investigators.