The bassist for Scott Weiland and The Wildabouts was arrested by Minnesota police on felony drug charges after cocaine was discovered on the tour bus where the legendary rocker was found dead.

Weiland, 48, was found dead in a bedroom on the bus in Bloomington and police arrested Tommy Black, 47, after they located cocaine in the room when they executed a search warrant on Friday.

Authorities also discovered cocaine in a room that Black, who is now facing up to five years in prison and a hefty fine, was occupying on the band's bus while the rock group was touring.

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Tommy Black, 47 (seen left in mugshot), was arrested after Scott Weiland (right) was found dead in Minnesota

Black was the bassist for Scott Weiland and The Wildabouts. Cocaine was found on the band's tour bus

Weiland and Black were seen partying in Instagram photos from Toronto's Adelaide Hall days before his death

The Bloomington Police Department said Weiland's cause of death will be released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office at a later time and further information wasn't available.

Photos posted on social media in the days before Weiland's death showed him partying with Black.

He died late on Thursday night, four days after rumors about him using crack cocaine began to swirl, and first responders said the rockstar had died of cardiac arrest, according to TMZ.

A statement on Weiland's Facebook page said the legendary singer passed away in his sleep.

Weiland and the Wildabouts were scheduled to play a show on Thursday night, but it was canceled a week earlier after fewer than 100 tickets were sold for a venue with a capacity of about 1,800.

Medina Entertainment Center general manager Mark Raskob said Weiland was 'bummed out'.

'The guy has just been battling addiction and it's sad to hear that he passed,' Raskob said.

Weiland was the larger-than-life frontman for the Grammy-award-winning Stone Temple Pilots in the 1990s and went on the found supergroup Velvet Revolver with guitarist Slash in the mid-2000s.

Police found cocaine in a least two locations on the band's bus (pictured) while it was parked in Bloomington

Weiland's wife, Jamie Weiland (left with him in 2014), confirmed his death, telling a newspaper: 'I can't deal with this right now.' He had two children, Noah and Lucy with his second wife Mary Forsberg (right, pictured in 2005)

Black, Weiland, Jeremy Brown and Danny Thompson (from left), of The Wildabouts in a January 2015 photo

Scott Weiland and the Wildabouts released the album Blaster in March.

A guitarist for the band, Jeremy Brown, died at his home in Venice, California, a day before the album's release.

'On their first official studio album, Weiland, guitarist Jeremy Brown, bassist Tommy Black, and drummer Danny Thompson elegantly infuse raw rock ‘n’ roll with a poetic, passionate, and pure perspective,' according to a Pledgemusic page for the band.

Weiland had a long string of drug- and alcohol-related arrests and stints in rehab.

In 1995, he was arrested after deputies found him carrying crack cocaine and heroin.

He pleaded guilty to felony heroin possession in 1998 and his arrests for drug possession and stints in rehab led the Stone Temple Pilots to cancel tour dates and contributed to their 2003 breakup.

Weiland's wife Jamie confirmed his death to the LA Times and said: 'I can't deal with this right now.

'It's true.'

He also leaves behind a son and daughter, who are aged 13 and 15. from his second marriage.

Jamie, Weiland's third wife, told TMZ that her husband hadn't done drugs in years and that the Wildabouts band members had a pact not to do drugs.

Weiland and Black enjoyed performing together with the Wildabouts. They released their first album in March

The band was supposed to play a gig in Minnesota on Thursday night but it was canceled after poor ticket sales

His former Stone Temple Pilot bandmates — Eric Kretz and brothers Dean and Robert DeLeo — released a statement Friday thanking the singer, who was dogged by substance abuse problems throughout his career, 'for sharing your life with us'.

'Together we crafted a legacy of music that has given so many people happiness and great memories. The memories are many, and they run deep for us,' the statement read.

'We know amidst the good and the bad you struggled, time and time again. It's what made you who you were.

'You were gifted beyond words, Scott. Part of that gift was part of your curse.

'With deep sorrow for you and your family, we are saddened to see you go.

'All of our love and respect. We will miss you brother.'

The troubled singer was remembered in a memorial Facebook post on his page on Friday morning

Weiland (seen in 1993) rose to fame with the Southern California band Stone Temple Pilots in the 1990s

Weiland (left) created supergroup Velvet Revolver in 2003 with Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash (right)

The Stone Temple Pilots became one of the most commercially successful bands to come out of the early 1990s grunge rock movement.

The band's 1992 debut album, Core, was an insta-hit and sold eight million units.

The hit single Plush won the Grammy for best hard rock performance.

The band's follow-up was a white-hot success, too: 1994's Purple hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard pop charts, sold six million copies and launched the hits Interstate Love Song and Vasoline.

Stone Temple Pilots released more successful albums before they broke up.

Weiland went on to front Velvet Revolver, the group that featured former members of Guns N' Roses, including guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum.

Among that group's hits was Fall to Pieces and Slither, which won the Grammy for best hard rock performance.

The Stone Temple Pilots reunited in 2008.

'The story's not finished,' Weiland told the AP at the time. 'There's more to be revealed and more to be told.'