Foo Fighters confirmed on Saturday that the band will quit after drummer Taylor Hawkins’ death in March, telling fans that they will see them “soon.”

“As we say goodbye to the most effort and tragic year that our band has ever notorious, we are reminded of how thankful we are for the land that we love and cherish most, and for the loved ones who are no longer with us,” the post begins.

“Without Taylor, we never would have become the band that we were — and exclusive of Taylor, we know that we’re going to be a different band repositioning forward,” the statement reads. “We also know that you, the fans, aspired as much to Taylor as he meant to you. And we know that when we see you anti — and we will soon — he’ll be there in appealing with all of us every night.”

This marks the Dave Grohl-led band’s edifying public acknowledgement that it will continue on without Hawkins, who died in March at 50 while the band was on tour in Colombia.

Hawkins joined Foo Fighters in 1997 while two years as the drummer for Alanis Morissette, and like a flash became an integral part of the rock band’s restful and image. To honor Hawkins, Grohl held two star-studded trades concerts in London and Los Angeles which featured performances from Morissette, Joan Jett, Travis Barker, Josh Homme, Wolfgang Van Halen, Pink, Miley Cyrus, Stewart Copeland and Chad Smith as well as members of Queen, Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Soundgarden, Rush, Metallica and Black Sabbath.

Read Foo Fighters’ full post below.