Josh and Zac Farro have now posted a statement to clarify the announcement that Hayley and the remaining members we don’t care so much about made this past weekend about the departure.

Well, we all knew that it would come to this. I adore Hayley – as much as I can adore someone without meeting them first, but there was something about that original statement that signaled to me that this wasn’t going to end well for the band.

Oh yeah…it was this:

A couple of months ago, Josh and Zac let us know they would be leaving the band after our show in Orlando last Sunday. None of us were really shocked. For the last year it hasn’t seemed as if they wanted to be around anymore.

Paramore, you’ve had a great run. You’ve put out three very successful albums, but where are you headed? Is this really what you want to be doing Hayley? If going solo has been your intention all along (basically stated from what Josh and Zac had to say) then why not do it already? The references to the bible in the guys’ statement is a little much, but kudos to them for having a voice in all of this!

To read Josh and Zac’s statement click here. For the original Paramore statement, click here.