She resided, during her lifetime, in Strangetown, one of the neighborhoods that ships with the game. She is the mother of Tank Grunt, Ripp Grunt and Buck Grunt. Her ex-husband is General Buzz Grunt and she is the daughter of A.P. Vandermorgan and Jacqueline Vandermorgan, both of Strangetown. There is an image of Lyla in her elder stage hidden in her character file. It can be found using SimPE, but the reason it's there is unknown. Their faces are slightly different, and the skin tone is slightly darker than the normal, adult Lyla.