Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A jajibirin Japan da Australia na Farewell Tour a ranar 31 ga Janairu, 2001, Criss ba zato ba tsammani ya sake barin ƙungiyar, saboda shi da ƙungiyar ba za su iya cimma yarjejeniya ba game da albashin kwangilarsa. Matsayinsa shi ne tsohon dan wasan Kiss Singer wanda, a cikin wani motsi wanda ya kasance mai rikitarwa a tsakanin magoya bayan dogon lokaci, ya ɗauki Criss 'Cat persona kamar yadda Farewell Tour ya ci gaba. Tare da ƙungiyar da ake zaton za ta yi ritaya a farkon shekara ta 2001, tarin aikin da ake kira kawai The Box Set, wanda ya kunshi waƙoƙi 94 a kan CD guda biyar, an sake shi a watan Nuwamba na wannan shekarar, yayin da lokacin rani ya ga watakila mafi yawan kayan cinikin Kiss har yanzu <unk> the Kiss Kasket. Da yake gabatar da Kiss Kasket, Simmons ya yi ba'a, "Ina son rayuwa, amma wannan yana sa madadin ya zama kyakkyawa mai kyau".A ranar 4 ga Disamba, 2001, Kiss na ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda aka karrama a Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin, a NARAS New York Chapter. NARAS tana da surori 12 a duk faɗin Amurka, saboda haka bukukuwa 12 a cikin shekara, tare da waɗanda aka karrama kowannensu ana girmama su ta babin da ke kusa da mazauninsu. Ta hanyar karɓar wannan girmamawa, wanda NARAS ta sake suna "Rubutun Kwalejin Kwalejin Kwalejin", Kiss ya sami nasarar karɓar lambar yabo ta biyu mafi girma ta NARAS, dama a bayan Grammy Award. Kiss ya kasance mai nutsuwa a cikin sauran shekara, amma 2002 ya fara da wasu rikice-rikice kamar yadda Simmons ya shiga cikin hira mai rikitarwa a Rediyon Jama'a na Kasa tare da mai watsa shiri Terry Gross. A watan Fabrairun 2002, Kiss (tare da Singer a drums da Frehley a guitar guitar) sun yi a lokacin bikin rufe gasar Olympics ta 2002 a Salt Lake City, Utah. Wannan shi ne wasan kwaikwayon Frehley na ƙarshe a matsayin memba na Kiss.A ranar 6 ga Maris, 2002, Kiss ya yi waƙar sirri a wani wurin shakatawa a Trelawny, Jamaica. Frehley, wanda ba shi da kwangila, bai yi aiki tare da kungiyar ba. An maye gurbinsa da Thayer, wanda ya sanya kayan kwalliyar Frehley na Spaceman da sutura don bayyanarsa ta farko tare da Kiss. A wannan watan, da...  Tambaya: A wace shekara ne Criss ya bar?
Shekarar 2001