You give me hope for the future, RDK, but unfurtunately I don't think it'll be like that. Like symbeline said above, it seems that relationship is damaged beyond repairs.
It's not a band that keeps breaking up and coming back together all the time (well, I can only think of the fight after NJ tour) and band members leaving and also coming back later, it was always that tight group... that family, as they always described themselves. That family's broken, they're trying to rebuild that but, damn... it's hard when you lose a member of the family, isn't it?
I really don't see some "Axl and Slash" thing happening to them, really don't.

Also, please pleeeease don't "they were mere bandmantes" me... please, don't. Even if the band doesn't spend time together when not on tour, doesn't mean they're just guys that work in a band together.

Anyway, I don't see it happening. Wish I was wrong... guess we all want it to happen, don't we? Deep inside, we all want to see our Happy Family™ back together.
But we can only hope, let's move on for now and see what these guys still have for us
Well, it's what we've been doing for 4 years