Troy then made his own announcement on Facebook, stating:

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"Thanks for all of the support. You guys are great! I really enjoyed playing and creating music with the guys and I wish that I didn't have to leave especially now that the album that we worked so hard on is finally coming out. It was a hard decision and I wish them the best. I hope that I will see all of you when I find my next project"

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Evanescence:

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Rumors spread that Troy had rejoined Evanescence, although Evanescence's management originally denied this claim. A month after Troy's departure, Shaun Morgan had a few words of his own which he expressed on his personal Twitter account.

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"Interesting news about our old guitarist, can anyone guess? No, he's not coming back. He went to another band. Little anti-Shaun club. Any more guesses? It's Troy. Can anyone guess who he's back with? Hmmmmm? So, good fucking luck to Amy Lee and Troy. They deserve each other. Wankers!"

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In an interview with The Pulse of Radio, Troy explained his departure.

 

"I had a really good time with those guys, but it came to a point where it just wasn't working out for me personally. I just kind of told her [Amy Lee] that I wasn't in a good place, that I was ready to make a change, and she's like, 'If you want to come do this with us, welcome to it.'".
 

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Shortly after, Troy made further comments on an Evanescence message board, as well as Facebook.

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"I haven't made any statements about what band I might be playing with in the future, but if I have the chance, I will damn sure play with Evanescence again."

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"You know...I have been laying low because I didn't want my departure from Seether to be any more dramatic than it has to be but I can't sit by while people come to my site and trash me. There are a lot of people who have been very supportive and I appreciate that so much. As for the haters...I can understand that people are passionate about their bands and the music. I am, too. That's why even when I was barely able to survive financially in this business I never quit because I genuinely love to play music with my friends. My leaving Seether was not about money at all. Ask yourselves this, why would I leave the band after we had just finished making an awesome record? Why? I was as excited as anyone to get out there and support it. I am losing money by leaving the band. You have to know that it was a very personal invasion of trust that led me to make my decision to leave. Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a vindictive person and I am just trying to find a place that I can be long term and play music with people that I can trust."

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Troy remains on Evanescence to this day.

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Shaun Morgan:

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After becoming a three-piece again, Shaun was asked about how this affected the band. He said,

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"I don’t think for what we do live, I think for special occasions or maybe some point down the line we might bring somebody in. But I think part of us doing this is because we’re defiant, [laughs] we want to show that we don’t need the other person. In any of these kinds of situations it’s, 'Oh my God now the band’s gonna fall apart'. No, bullshit, that’s not going to happen and to be honest all three of us, especially John and I have that defiant nature and we are the kinds of guys that say we’re gonna prove to the people, the naysayers and the critics and all that, that we are doing just fine without somebody else. Maybe Amy [Lee] needed him more than I did, so in some sort of cosmic way that they reconnected and he’s back in that band then good luck to both of them. We feel that we don’t need anybody but then again you never know everything changes as years go by you get a little like, 'Oh I don’t want to play these songs anymore let someone else do it' [laughs] or it could be something where it’s necessary if we’re writing songs to have two guitars on every song then it might be a different story. Even Green Day went from being a three piece to a four piece on the last couple albums, I prefer to go the other route and stick to being three guys because we’re all really good friends, we’re family, we all know how each other plays. On each album, we end up writing songs together in a room or we have to play them together in a room so if we can do that then there’s no reason to hire somebody else. At the end of the day we feel comfortable, even though there’s a lot more for me to do, I feel like I can handle it and the other guys don’t have a problem with me playing so it’s good so far."

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In 2014, Shaun was asked about the past departures of various members. While he did not mention Troy specifically, Shaun did say:

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"The problem is that a lot of these guys have ego problems, plain and simple. We’ve seen guys become rock stars overnight, which becomes a problem because that’s not how we operate."
 

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