Peter Robert Jones (21 April 1963 – 18 May 2012) was an English-born, Australian-based musician. He replaced Paul Hester on drums for Crowded House in mid-1994. After the band split up in June 1996, he played in deadstar with Caroline Kennedy and Nick Seymour, but did not return to Crowded House when they re-formed in 2006 about a year after Hester's death. Jones worked as a secondary teacher in Melbourne and on 18 May 2012 he died from brain cancer, aged 49.