For us on this board, it may seem unthinkable, but perhaps the answer is no, he wasn't.
And perhaps that is another reason why his bandmates felt they could continue without him, as nobody knew who he was anyway.
People have talked about Tim's 'cold' interview. I agree with them. I would also remind you of an interview Joe did about rehearsals where all he could do was blurt out how 'great' they sounded. He repeated the word about five times. I said at the time it made him sound like Donald Trump. He was extremely inarticulate; perhaps there was some embarrassment there. Who knows.