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Drew Lachey of 98 Degrees, who won season two of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," returned to the show this season for its all-stars edition, but was voted out Tuesday night. He is now turning his attention to a reunion of the boy-band 98 Degrees.

The group, including brother Nick Lachey, Jeff Timmons and Justin Jeffre, got together this summer for the first time in years for two performances: one on NBC's "Today" show, and one at the Mixtape Festival in Hershey, Pa. They stopped short of announcing any additional plans, but a full-fledged reunion is on tap, Drew Lachey told ABC News Radio.

"We're going to start heading back into the studio here in the next month or so making new music," he said. "And then, hopefully, in 2013, we are going to be back out on tour. So, we got some great stuff coming up and I'm looking forward to getting back with those guys and making some new music."

The performers never actually broke up; they just went on hiatus. Their last album, "Revelation," came out in 2000, so fans were excited to see the foursome at the shows in August.

"That was fantastic," Lachey said. "It was 11 years since we had performed together last, and to get back together and take that step out there, to say, 'All right, we're doing this. Let's go for it,' and to have the fans embrace us like that was magical."

Indeed, the response encouraged them to continue with the reunion plans

"When we did that, that was like, 'All right, we have to keep doing this, we can't let it be another 10 years before we do this again,'" Lachey said.

Now that boy-bands are back in fashion, thanks to One Direction, it seems like a good time for 98 Degrees to return.

As for the group's sound, "Well, it's still going to be based on the harmony and vocals. I mean, that's our signature sound. That's not going to change," Lachey said. "The production obviously will. You know, pop music is a lot different now than it was then, different sounds, different kind of musical influences.

"When it all is said and done, a great song is a great song, whether it was made in the '50s or whether it's made 30 years from now," he said. "Music is music and it can transcend time."