We learned this morning, the veteran Patrick Apollon, Zin's drummer for over a decade, handed his resignation to his maestro Alex Abellard. He claimed he can't see himself playing "Bal" anymore. In fact, he's had a change of heart a few days after the earthquake struck Haiti. 
Patrick Apollon started his career with Shoogar Combo and later relocated to New York. Within that period, he joined Zin at the time the band switched their format to live.