We record with deep sadness the passing of Anton Evseev on 21st February 2017 Abstract. We consider simple modules for a Hecke algebra with a parameter of quantum characteristic e. Equivalently, we consider simple modules D λ , labelled by e-restricted partitions λ of n, for a cyclotomic KLR algebra R Λ0 n over a field of characteristic p 0, with mild restrictions on p. If all parts of λ are at most 2, we identify a set DStde,p(λ) of standard λ-tableaux, which is defined combinatorially and naturally labels a basis of D λ . In particular, we prove that the q-character of D λ can be described in terms of DStde,p(λ).We show that a certain natural approach to constructing a basis of an arbitrary D λ does not work in general, giving a counterexample to a conjecture of Mathas.