Let $X$ be a complex projective manifold and let $D\subset X$ be a smooth divisor. In this article, we are interested in studying limits when $k\to 0$ of K\"ahler-Einstein metrics $\omega_k$ with a cone singularity of angle $2\pi k$ along $D$. In our first result, we assume that $X\setminus D$ is a locally symmetric space and we show that $\omega_k$ converges to the locally symmetric metric and further give asymptotics of $\omega_k$ when $X\setminus D$ is a ball quotient. Our second result deals with the case when $X$ is Fano and $D$ is anticanonical. We prove a folklore conjecture asserting that a rescaled limit of $\omega_k$ is the complete, Ricci flat Tian-Yau metric on $X\setminus D$. Furthermore, we prove that $(X,\omega_k)$ converges to an interval in the Gromov-Hausdorff sense.