A HGA of the invention includes a micro-actuator, a slider and a
suspension to support the micro-actuator and the slider. The suspension
comprises a flexure for mounting the micro-actuator thereon, a suspension
tongue connected to the flexure and an independent spacer sandwiched
between the suspension tongue and the flexure to form a parallel gap
between the suspension tongue and the micro-actuator. Also disclosed is a
disk drive unit having the HGA.