So Jimmy only needed time to raise his kids...
And try another band, called "Skysaw".
https://www.nme.com/news/music/smash...mberlin-first-
Speaking about recent incarnations of the band existing without him, Chamberlin said:
“It was never that big of a deal. We were still friends and mutually agreed that the band was not right for me at that point. I didn’t see myself fitting into that type of workload. I had young kids and just wanted to spend more time with them. That was the biggest part of it."
“I really liked the incarnation with Mike [Byrne, drummer] and Nicole [Fiorentino, bass], and thought Mike was a great drummer who represented the band really well.”