Director Jason Paul Laxamana, who was with the veteran director days before he died, tweeted: "Direk Maryo, kasama lang kita nu’ng Lunes. Bakit ganu’n? Bigla kang lumisan. May gagawin pa tayong project, di ba? (Direk Maryo, we were just together last Monday. Why? Why did you have to go suddenly? We were going to do another project right?)