Slipknot

So, i was hanging out with some of the guys from a local heavy metal band, and we're talking music and stuff. Then suddenly one of em say's (probably cause he saw the huge slipknot patch i have on the back of my jacket) ''Yeeeaahh...too bad that slipknot is pretty much dead now, i mean.. They've got nothing left, besides that corey's voice has gone really bad, he can't really síng anymore. 9 members is way too much for a metal band anyways'' now. Am i the only one (i bet i'm not) that think's that this guy is a total moron? How come everybody i run into keeps saying that ''slipknot's dead''? Did i miss something? I mean, i don't believe any of them, but what the hell triggered this? Everybody who used to be a ''maggot'' suddenly turned their back on the 9? I don't think you can really call yourself a maggot then -.-'' I don't think we've seen the end of the 9?! but why does everybody else (that i know)?! Is i cause they're currently taking a break from a long tour on almost 10 years? cause personaly i think they deserve a break xD And i noticed that alot of people think it'd ''cheating'' if your 9 members in a band, cause then ''there's less work to do''... How can there possibly be ''less work'' to do? Now there's 9 people who has to play in sync? Fuck. I'd run away screaming if anybody gave me that task :) Anyway, my point / question was : Why does everybody think they're over, when then can't really be? :/ and i think that they deserve a break from the insanly long tour, without getting considered done and gone. - stay (sic) :)