FUSE TV - Stone Temple Pilots Split with Linkin Park's Chester Bennington

Stone Temple Pilots need a new replacement for Scott Weiland, as Chester Bennington, the Linkin Park frontman who had been filling in for the wayward singer, has "amicably" dissolved the supergroup.

In a joint statement posted to STP's website, Bennington, who had been pulling STP and Linkin Park double duty since 2013, writes that time constraints have forced him to depart from the long-running alt-rock group. "With the amount of time STP deserves, in addition to being in Linkin Park, and with the needs of my family, one of them always seems to fall short," the 39-year-old singer writes. "Going in to this, the four of us… Robert, Eric, Dean and myself knew what we were up against. We decided in due fairness to friends, fans and the legacy of STP that it needs more than time was allowing me. And in all fairness to my bandmates in Linkin Park, as well as to myself and to my family, I’m going to focus solely on Linkin Park so I can contribute 100%."