The band played a handful of live gigs with Scott from The Unseen and Bill Brown of Crash and Burn filling in on lead guitar before James Lynch of The Ducky Boys joined as a permanent member.

Pinkerton Thugs played its last show in February 2000 at the Karma Club in Boston, Massachusetts.

Busy with their other projects, neither Micah Blue Smaldone nor James Lynch were available to participate in the reunion, so Mike "Rufio" Kadomiya joined the band as second guitarist.

It was announced in December 2011 that The Pinkerton Thugs had signed with Jailhouse Records and were writing songs for their first, full length of new material since End Of An Era.

Paul Russo recruited Johnny Noise, Tommy Collins, and Vlad Wormwood as their replacements for a U.S. tour in the summer of 2012.

A second split 7-inch with the Ducky Boys, recorded before Gatton and Kadomiya left the band, was released in August 2012.