They said they never broke up. I think they were just always waiting for him (Staley) to clean up. He did, supposedly, after their Unplugged concert, but that was really the last thing they did.

I've listened to Cantrell's solo album. It's not AIC, but it's good. A couple of songs are keepers. I was going to see him in concert but he broke his hand playing football

Anyway, it's pretty disturbing how little they've said about it. It hasn't made a dent in any news/media source. The biggest mention it's gotten is the headline on VH1.com which will probably be gone tomorrow in favor of the next Creed event. Oh well. We know what's going on.