Pen Rom is the sister of Pen Ron. Luckily, she survived the Khmer Rouge. She resided in Long Beach until she passed away recently due to heart complications. During her career in the 1970's, she worked closely with Teth Sombath. Teth Sombath had help compose some of her songs and they also have a few duets together. According to Pen Rom, her sister Pen Ron had almost survived the Khmer Rouge, it wasn't until the Vietnamese invaded that the Khmer Rouge got frustrated and started killing everyone and Pen Ron was one of the victims.