Dee Snider resigned from Twisted Sister in February 2026, citing degenerative arthritis and the physical toll of decades of high-intensity performing, according to CBS News. Weeks later, after fans spun the abrupt exit into rumors that the 70-year-old frontman was gravely ill, Snider addressed the speculation directly on his own House of Hair radio program.

Key Points

• Snider, 70, stepped down from Twisted Sister in early February 2026, and the band canceled its planned 50th-anniversary reunion shows running from April through early summer.
• CBS News reported the resignation was driven by degenerative arthritis and pain that set in after only a few songs into a set, despite multiple surgeries.
• Snider used his own House of Hair broadcast to correct fan speculation, stating plainly, “I’m not dying! No, not never; I mean, we’re all dying, but not immediately,” according to Vice and Music-News.com.
• He said he remains active behind the scenes, continuing to host his radio show rather than perform.

Correcting the record himself

The confusion took hold quickly. Once Twisted Sister’s Instagram account confirmed the reunion shows were off, tribute posts and “get well” messages piled up as if Snider had shared a terminal diagnosis. Instead, according to CBS News, his statement described a body worn down by decades of aggressive performing rather than a specific fatal illness — arthritis in his shoulders, neck and arms that had become impossible to perform through at his usual intensity.

Snider chose not to let a publicist or a headline do the correcting. On House of Hair, the syndicated show he has hosted for years, he told listeners flatly that he wasn’t going anywhere, according to Vice’s report on the broadcast. “I’m okay,” he added, according to the same coverage. “I just can’t do that anymore” — referring to the marathon, high-octane sets that built his reputation as one of hard rock’s most physical frontmen.

The distinction mattered to him. Retiring from touring is common for musicians well into their seventh decade; Twisted Sister’s original run started in the early 1970s, and Snider has spent more than fifty years building a stage persona defined by aggression and volume. Stepping back from that specific demand, he made clear, is different from stepping off the planet.

He’s continued working since the resignation, including production work on a film project alongside his radio hosting duties, according to Louder. Twisted Sister’s future beyond the canceled shows remains unresolved, but Snider’s message was less about the band than about setting the record straight in his own words, on his own platform, without letting the rumor mill write the ending.