The drummer recently said things had come to head when he discovered he was being paid an average of $745 per show, while King and Araya received $1266 - even though the band was taking $49,000 per night.

Asked whether there's any chance of another return to the fold, Lombardo tells Radio Screamer: "I don't think that's ever going to happen again. When I returned in 2001 I had been ten years out of the band, and it felt like it was the right time. We didn't have any grudges - but apparently that wasn't really the case."