With that soundbite in mind, I wouldn't be entirely surprised if the band finally took that "break" (that they were going to take after SM), once they're done promoting HIPT. Then again, it's probaly nothing. Just the regular stress of recording an album, and Jer being Jer while he's got a radio audience to listen to him.

Damn it, I wish they'd taken that break. Who knows what the band would have come up with if they had returned, fresh and rested, with Mike still there, ready to experiment with new producers (instead of jumping in with Rock, losing Mike, and making Gravity)...