Singer Returns to Drug Rehabilitation Center

Stone Temple Pilots lead singer Scott Weiland was back in a Pasadena drug rehabilitation center Thursday--one day after walking out of a court-ordered stay at the residential facility.

Deputy Dist. Atty. Michael Grosbard said the 28-year-old singer cited “personal reasons” for his departure after turning himself in Thursday afternoon, and that the court was satisfied that drugs were not involved in the incident.

A warrant that had been issued Wednesday for Weiland’s arrest was quashed.

Weiland, of Topanga, was arrested near Pasadena in May 1995 by sheriff’s deputies who said they found cocaine in his car and heroin in his wallet. In April a judge ordered him to spend four to six months in the treatment facility.