THE lead singer of 80s glam rockers Warrant was found dead at a Los Angeles hotel late today, TMZ reported.

The body of 47-year-old Jani Lane - who wrote the band's hit Cherry Pie and also had a solo career - was discovered at the Comfort Inn hotel in Woodland Hills.

The official cause of death was not released.

Despite Cherry Pie hitting the top 10 in America and driving the album of the same name to number seven on the Billboard charts, Lane says he had no intention of ever writing the song.

"The record was done. The record was called Uncle Tom's cabin," he said in an interview.



"Donnie called up and said 'I don't hear the single'.. so that night I wrote Cherry Pie, sent it to him, he listened to it over the weekend and all of a sudden, the album's called Cherry Pie, the record's called Cherry Pie, the single's called Cherry Pie, Im doing cherry pie eating contests, the single's Cherry Pie ... and my legacy is Cherry Pie, everything about me is Cherry Pie, Im the Cherry Pie guy.

"I could shoot myself in the f****** head for writing that song."



Lane, who was born John Kennedy Oswald in Akron, Ohio, had battled alcohol problems in the past.

He was sentenced to 120 days in jail in 2010 after being arrested twice for drunk driving within two years, according to TMZ.

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