this is a new issue because my last one didn't have enough info

so i was playing hardcore mode with my brother connected via LAN and he died but when he went back to the title screen and joined the world again he was put back into hardcore at the world spawnpoint

how to recreate:

1. make a hardcore world
2. open it to LAN
3. get someone else to join
4. kill them
5. tell them to go back to the title screen and join again
6. result: they are back in hardcore at the world spawn point, expected result: they should still be in the death screen unable to play again