Medical examiner: Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland died due to toxic

Weiland, 48, the former front man for the band Stone Temple Pilots, was touring with his new band, the Wildabouts, when he died in his sleep on December 3, while in Bloomington, Minnesota. Examiners also found that cardiovascular disease, a history of asthma and multi-substance dependence also likely factored in the frontman’s death.

Investigators ruled that Weiland died of of mixed drug toxicity: cocaine, ethanol and methylenedioxyamphetamine (a psychedelic amphetamine known as MDA) were found in Weiland’s system. The report says the time of death was 8:27 p.m. The top 10 also includes STP’s “Vasoline”, “Big Empty” and “Sex Type Thing”, plus Velvet Revolver’s “Slither”.

These arrests rehab stints led to the breakup of the Stone Temple Pilots in 2003.

Credit: Chapman BaehlerSongs by Scott Weiland’s former bands have seen a sharp increase in sales following the singer’s death earlier this month, according to Billboard. Cocaine was found in his Weiland’s tour bus. Weiland had a history of drug addiction.

In 1995, he was arrested after he was found carrying both crack and heroin by police. He pleaded guilty to felony heroin possession in 1998.

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