Initial learning curve is kicking my butt... .Died??? help please

Its a stupid question and probably very simple. I am missing something fundamental.

I created a template Team/FFA game in studio added the weapons included with the weaponssystem

in PlayerManager I have a local function

local function UpdatePlayerPerks(player)
	local Weapon = game.ReplicatedStorage.Weapons.SMG:Clone()
	Weapon.parent = player:FindFirstChild("Backpack")
end

then I called it on line 7 of the PlayerDied() function also in the PlayerManager

function PlayerManager:PlayerDied(player)
	if HitArray[player] then
		for i = #HitArray[player], 1, -1 do
			local hittingPlayer = HitArray[player][i]
			if hittingPlayer ~= player then
				if i == #HitArray[player] then
					UpdatePlayerPerks(hittingPlayer)
					ScoreArray[hittingPlayer][1] = ScoreArray[hittingPlayer][1] + 1
					TeamManager:AddTeamScore(hittingPlayer.TeamColor, 1)
					spawn(function() pcall(function() PointsService:AwardPoints(hittingPlayer.userId, Configurations.PLAYER_POINTS_PER_KO) end) end)
				else
					ScoreArray[hittingPlayer][3] = ScoreArray[hittingPlayer][3] + 1
					spawn(function() pcall(function() PointsService:AwardPoints(hittingPlayer.userId, Configurations.PLAYER_POINTS_PER_ASSIST) end) end)
				end
				UpdatePlayerScore(hittingPlayer)
			end
		end
	end
	ScoreArray[player][2] = ScoreArray[player][2] + 1
	HitArray[player] = nil
	UpdatePlayerScore(player)

This seems simple, but it seems to never be called. I know its simple, but I need to get over this initial learning curve. Possible move it to the client side, but that doesnt seem right either?

Thanks everyone!