Sleazeroxx — In a recent interview with Metal Mike for the 80’s Glam Metalcast podcast, Sarzo spoke about rejoining Quiet Riot and the influence that his former bandmate Frankie Banali had on him. Banali passed away on August 20, 2020 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Sarzo indicated (as transcribed by the 80’s Glam Metalcast podcast): “It’s been in the works for awhile. It was just a matter of doing it with the right timing. It had to be a smooth transition with me coming over from the Guess Who, and for Chuck Wright who’s currently there. We just had to do our best with it and we had to make all sure all the commitments we made were met. In 2020, we faced a lot of difficulties with COVID and it made it almost impossible for Frankie and I to get together. Regina made it happen that I was able to be with Frankie in the hospital hours before he passed. Shortly after he passed, I went to visit with Regina and she asked me to consider returning to Quiet Riot. It wasn’t a decision that I was going to immediately make right there. Here we all were dealing with Frankie’s recent passing. We gave it a lot of thought, and here we are.

Read the Full article at Sleazeroxx