The point of my post wasn't to start a "MP back in DT" discussion. While I personally feel that will happen at some point, the fact they are dedicated to MM and he just did drums on another record is proof enough that he is entrenched there until he doesn't want to be. At which time, I think MP would return. But if MM never gets to that point, MP won't be back.
My point was just to talk about how all these projects with lower-level potential, when I have to believe MP desires to get out of clubs and be playing bigger stages on a headline tour. I mean sure, a drummer gig in metal/hard rock -- there's only a few out there. But MP's resume speaks for itself. But a collaboration with some more...popular musicians may open doors for him. He has to have the contacts to leverage that to a degree, does he not?
But I don't know the man at all, which is why I asked the question. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe he genuinely enjoys project-hopping and will do so into his 60s until he retires. I just can't see it personally, but since I don't have any insight to the guy, I was just looking for some, to better understand the choices he's made. Music, like politics, is who you know. MP knows everyone, ya know?