Scott Weiland, of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, has died at 48. Â His manager confirmed his death Thursday night, but didn’t disclose the cause. A statement on Instagram said he died “while on a tour stop in Bloomington, Minnesota, with his band The Wildabouts.”
Weiland had a long string of drug and alcohol related arrests and stints in rehab. He pleaded guilty to felony heroin possession in 1998. Â His arrests for drug possession and stints in rehab led the Stone Temple Pilots to cancel tour dates and contributed to their 2003 breakup.
After the band split, Weiland joined former Guns N’ Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum and former Wasted Youth guitarist Dave Kushner to form the supergroup Velvet Revolver. Weiland departed Velvet Revolver in 2008 to join the reunited Stone Temple Pilots.