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Bleeding hearts, pinching perennials

Can Dicentra spectablilis be cut back as it goes into dormancy? Every
year I have to look at massive (3 foot by 4 foot) plants turning yellow
and dying back in my perennial borders. I have never had the courage to
cut, but I am feeling the urge...
I also was away from home for an extended period of time this spring and
did not get my perennials pinched back. I now have number of
"fall-blooming" asters and sedums in bloom or budded. Not to mention the
leggiest Buddleias, salvias, aesclepias, beebalms, etc. Do I just ignore
and try to be better next year or can I do some cutting back now??
                                      
                                     Thanks in advance,
                                            Jill
                                            NC- Zone 7
PS. I didn't mention heat, humidity and spider mites like never before..
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