The Return of Alice in Chains?

It turns out that Alice in Chains were offered the chance to find a new singer on CBS' Rock Star. Thankfully, they passed. The drummer Sean Kinney said "the group turned down the offer and will audition singers on its on." So does that mean we might actually see a new Alice in Chains in the very near future. I really hope so, but I'm also a little apprehensive. Lanye Stanley was such a great singer and it's impossible to replace him. But look at AC/DC and INXS, their frontmen died as well and they have gone on to be just as huge. I guess I'll just have to wait and see. In the meantime I still have Jerry Cantrell's solo projects to listen to, and they are just as great as any Alice in Chains album. This I guess can be attributed to the fact that he wrote and sang (at least on a few songs) for AIC.
I also now just read that the band will be playing in Europe when I'll be over there. That would be so fucking awesome to see them live. They may have the vocalist William Duvall from the band COMES WITH THE FALL or a rotating cast. The good news that I have read is that if they do find a permanent new singer they would most likely change the name of the band from AIC. It would be sweet if they went the route of Velvet Revolver and Audioslave and put together a super group. ROCK ON!