Payne had also started a rehab program that March but did not finish it. He relapsed in April, according to a legal statement from his friend Rogelio Nores ( one of five people charged for his death ).

Former One Direction star Liam Payne was very open about his struggles with drug and alcohol addiction before he sadly died at the age of 31 after falling from a hotel balcony

The new Rolling Stone exposé delves into the spiral of addiction and mental health struggles the former 1D singer faced before his shock death at 31 last year.