When Petty and the Heartbreakers played at their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, Lynch, who had been replaced as drummer by Steve Ferrone, returned to the fold.

Lynch left the group in 1994 because of personal conflicts with Petty. Stan also became an in-demand session drummer, starting in the 1980s.

The Speaker Wars, led by former Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch and guitarist/vocalist Jon Christopher Davis, have a new single out titled “The Forgiveness Tree.” It comes ...