I was in the same situation earlier this year and went down the LAA group route.
One of the reasons I let my rating lapse was lack of hours and I couldn't justify spending 30 minutes of the hour or so I could afford each month doing a club check and there was no point in renewing just to let it lapse again in another 2 years.
When I looked into renewing I did the maths and the group costs for me are £45 a month and £35 an hour, so if I only do one hour a month it is not that much cheaper. However for the price of two club rental hours I can get just under 4 hours on the group aircraft and so am more likely to keep current and not have to spend money on constant checkouts.
There is also the attraction that I am not flying the standard C152/Warrior and have pride in 'my' aircraft.