 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Alice in Chains yakanga isingashandi kubva muna 1996 zvichienda mberi nemhaka yezvinetso zveLayne Staley zvinodhaka, izvo zvakaguma norufu rwake muna April 2002. Muna 2005, Kinney akauya nepfungwa yekubatanazve nedzimwe nhengo mbiri dzakapona dzeAlice in Chains, Jerry Cantrell naMike Inez, kuti vaite konzati yekubatsira kune vakawirwa nenjodzi yetsunamirakarova South Asia muna 2004. Kinney akafonera vaimbova shamwari dzake dzebhendi, pamwe neshamwari dzake munharaunda yemimhanzi, senge aimbove maneja weAlice muChain Susan Silver. Kinney akashamiswa nemhinduro yekushingairira pfungwa yake, uye bhendi rakaita kekutanga mumakore gumi pa K-Rock Tsunami Yakaramba Iine Care Relief Concert muSeattle musi waFebruary 18, 2006, iine vaimbi vaimbi vachiimba zvikamu zvaStaley. 