Solution

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Let
Evolution from the earlier time to the later time multiplies the earlier field by the deterministic decay factor, plus fresh noise independent of that field. The unequal-time correlation function is therefore
Equivalently,
When both observation times are many relaxation times after the quench, the second term vanishes and the stationary Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process covariance remains:

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