Yes, in ASP.NET a static fields lifetime is for the app domain (note that this differs a bit for generic types).
I’d recommend using the server Session for storage of data you want to associate with an instance of a client browser session (user login).
i.e.
Session["_groupID"] = Convert.ToInt16(Request.QueryString["GroupID"]);
you can retrieve it by doing:
short groupID = Convert.ToInt16(Session["_groupID"]);