Njengoba uPink Floyd ezokhipha umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala estudiyo emashumini amabili eminyaka, owayeyilungu lakhe, Roger Waters, kudingeke ukuthi akubeke kwacaca ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ukuthi sekuphele iminyaka engu-29 engelona iqembu futhi akahlangene nalo futhi ubengahlanganyeli kule albhamu yakamuva, iThe Endless River. U-Waters washiya iqembu ngo-1985 futhi wabamba iqhaza kafushane kuphela namalungu uDavid Gilmour no-Nick Mason ekhonsathini ekhethekile ngo-2011.
Ngokusobala ukuvinjezelwa kwabalandeli ezinkundleni zokuxhumana kwenze uRoger Waters ancamele ukucacisa lolu daba esitatimendeni esimuncu salo mculi, esishicilelwe kuFacebook wakhe ethi: “Abanye bebebuza uLaurie umkami nge-albhamu entsha engizoyikhipha ngoNovemba. Ini? Ngeke ngikhiphe icwecwe ngoNovemba, cishe udidekile. UDavid Gilmour noNick Mason bazokhipha i-albhamu entsha. Izobizwa nge-Endless River. UDavid noNick bakha ibhendi ethi Pink Floyd. Mina, nokho, angiyona ingxenye ye-Pink Floyd. Ngashiya u-Pink Floyd ngo-1985, okungukuthi, eminyakeni engu-29 edlule. Angihlangene nanoma imaphi ama-albhamu e-studio ka-Pink Floyd, noma i-Momentary Lapse of Reason, noma i-The Division Bell, noma uhambo luka-Pink Floyd phakathi kuka-1987 no-1994, futhi angihlangene ne-Endless River, futhi. Khona-ke! Lokhu akuyona into yongqondongqondo bangane, qaphela ".