Still don't get what all the fuss is about. AJ's parents have always been heavily implied to be dead. This doesn't change any of that in the slightest. "If Mom and Dad were here" is purposefully ambiguous and obscure, because this is a show that considers the subject of life and death to be taboo (for some retarded reasoning is still don't get about modern day adults) and as such could never just come right out and confirm it. This is no different then the two very on the nose shooting stars at the end of apple family reunion. So then why is the fandom wasting their time fretting over the implications? Nothing to see here people move along, move along.