player/lives

im having some trouble restarting my level after the player gets killed off. like i want him to die then the level starts up again. wat i did was after he was killed off i made his sprite invisible and played his death anamtion over it but when the level retarts the death animation is still playing and it does pick up the player again. can anyone help?

Are you doing this?

Start of Frame
+ Player lives less than or equal to 0?

Then - Set Player lives to 3

I just thought this up without testing it so I don't know if it works or not.