They should tour ONLY if they want to make a(nother) hundred million dollars (I expect they do.)
A record would probably be a very bad idea. Maybe just a song or two (and why not just sample an old Bonzo beat to keep it "pure" -- sorta worked for the Beatles, in that it got huge buzz without sullying their reputation.)
Stooges were trash from the dump anyway, so recording one lousy album is easy enough to ignore. (Zep has always cultivated a godlike perfection that is the exact opposite of the Stooge aesthetic; you don't love Iggy any less when he fails, cuz it's part of his charm.)
Mission of Burma was a special case, in that they never got their due the first time & so still had something to prove decades later; and even then, they very deliberately took 4 years to work their way up to an album of all-new material.
Even though this year's Kirkwood-reunion Meat Puppets album wasn't one of their better ones, I think they should keep touring & recording forever though!
Basically this is a fan question! Depends on how much you need that tumescent dirigible to squeeze your lemon one more time!
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