How to properly save and restore layout using the DockManager

hi,
I'm dynamically reloading my DockLayoutManager
The saved layoutstream that I have correctly has my layoutPanel as Item2 in the ITems collection.
However, when I try to get the item after calling DockLayoutManager.RestoreFromLayoutStream(layout);

DockLayoutManager.GetItem("Pivot_1f380fe90d52429ea3fed0dc509cb385_LayoutPanel") returns null yet
DockLayoutManager.GetItem("dockItem1") correctly returns the first item. Why is this? I cannot seem to access the layoutPanels from the layoutstream after calling RestoreFromLayout.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<XtraSerializer application="DockLayoutManager" version="1.0"> <property isnull="true" name="#LayoutVersion"/> -<property name="$DockLayoutManager" value="DockLayoutManager" iskey="true"> <property name="ManualClosedPanelsBarVisibility">false</property> -<property name="Items" value="2" iskey="true"> -<property isnull="true" name="Item1" iskey="true"> <property isnull="true" name="ParentCollectionName"/> <property isnull="true" name="ParentName"/> <property name="TypeName">LayoutGroup</property> <property name="SerializableSelectedTabPageIndex">-1</property> <property name="Orientation">Horizontal</property> <property name="Name">dockItem1</property> </property> -<property isnull="true" name="Item2" iskey="true"> <property name="ParentName">dockItem1</property> <property name="TypeName">LayoutPanel</property> <property name="AllowRename">true</property> <property name="AllowHide">false</property> <property name="SerializableFloatingOffset">0,0</property> <property name="AllowDockToDocumentGroup">false</property> <property isnull="true" name="ParentCollectionName"/> <property name="Caption" type="System.String">Pivot Grid</property> <property name="Name">Pivot_1f380fe90d52429ea3fed0dc509cb385_LayoutPanel</property> </property> </property> </property> </XtraSerializer>