I don't expect that they are imminently getting back together, but two thoughts:
- one, I don't know him, I've never met him, but Mangini strikes me as a practical guy. I would expect him to handle any changes like Bruce Kulick did with Kiss. You don't enter a band like that with the history they've had, obliviously.
- two, there are too many variables to play with. Three of the four are socially connected again, but while I'm now friends with my ex-wife I don't want to marry her again. Conversely, it's not out of the question that Mangini is tired of bad drum sounds, answering the question, and not being able to teach. Who knows what goes on in the hearts of men? I never in a million years thought I would ever see Kiss IN makeup with the four original guys, and I did, four times. I got into Yes with 90120, and never in a million years thought I would see them with the classic Anderson/Wakeman lineup, but I did. Page/Plant. Ozzy Sabbath. Asia with John Wetton. Van Halen with Dave. And I can name as many that I would have expected to reform, and haven't (or missed the opportunity). It's impossible to forecast.
I'm going to live in the LTE3 moment and enjoy what I get, musically.