After being released from prison, Ivandić reportedly immediately travelled to SR Slovenia, spending several weeks with a friend without contacting any of his old professional collaborators. By late December 1982, he got tracked down by Bijelo Dugme's manager Raka Marić and bandleader Bregović who extended an offer of rejoining the band. After initially turning them down, they persisted and several days later Ivandić accepted thus beginning his third stint with the band that would last until 1989 when the band dissolved.