Jake E. Lee's Red Dragon Cartel have checked in with the following surprise announcement:

"We would officially like to welcome Darren James Smith (Harem Scarem) back to Red Dragon Cartel! He will be reuniting with the band for shows on September 6th and 10th in California followed by a tour of Japan that begins on September 15th! The band will be taking the rest of 2015 off from touring to hit the studio and start recording. The highly anticipated second album from Jake and RDC will be ready for release in the first few months of 2016!"

Feedback to this announcement was overwhelmingly positive, prompting a follow-up post on Facebook:

"WOW! A huge THANK YOU to everyone for your overwhelmingly positive response to Darren's return to the Cartel. We greatly appreciate the support we get from loyal fans like you!"