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RIP: Jani Lane, ex-lead singer of Warrant

Jani Lane -- former lead singer of the rock band Warrant -- was found dead at a hotel in L.A. Thursday evening ... TMZ has learned.

Jani Lane’s ‘That Metal Show’ Episode Broadcast Date Moved Forward

When former Warrant singer Jani Lane recently taped an episode of ‘That Metal Show,’ nobody would have guessed that it would be his last major interview. Sadly, the singer was found dead at a hotel in California on Thursday (Aug. 11). As a result, the episode featuring Lane has now been bumped up to air on Aug. 27.

The show, originally scheduled to air on Oct. 1, targets the glam days of Hollywood and also features Michael Sweet from Stryper and Taime Downe from Faster Pussycat. In the early ’90s, Warrant opened for Stryper and now, about twenty years later, ‘That Metal Show’ brought the two vocalists together again. Allegedly, Warrant were never paid for that opening performance, and both Lane and Sweet have a laugh about this during the episode.

‘That Metal Show’ co-hosts Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine both made comments regarding their visit with Lane recently. Florentine remembers that Lane was “in great sprits” during the taping, while Jamieson says “I found him bright, interesting and extremely likeable. An easy guy to root for. He seemed like he had turned the corner on his personal problems, so I’m really bummed to hear of his passing.”

Jani Lane Had Been Kicked Out Of Hotel Before His Death

We don't like the loss of anyone, even those who are just misguided or troubled. Which is why we were sad to hear that Jani Lane had died on Thursday.

It seems like he was a little more troubled than we thought though, having been kicked out of the Hilton Woodland Hills for destroying the room.

"Jani was "not rude" about the situation — and understood why he had to leave.

Lane, we're told, had recently earned a reputation in the area for trashing his hotel rooms — one source tells us he had been kicked out of multiple places within the last few weeks of his life."

Jani Lane Fought Alcoholism and Lost, Says His Sister

Vicky Oswald-Ley, the older sister of late Warrant singer Jani Lane, has spoken out about her brother’s passing. Lane was found dead in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Thursday (Aug. 11), with pills and vodka in his hotel room.

Oswald-Ley told RadarOnline that her little brother had been fighting alcoholism for more than 10 years and that in the end, the bottle won. Sadly, Lane died the day before Oswald-Ley’s 56th birthday. She was expecting a call from her sibling for that reason, but instead, was notified of his death.

“Alcoholism is not something he chose,” Oswald-Ley said, insisting that drinking, but not drugs, are probably at the root cause of Lane’s death. “It’s something he fought every day and it just won.” She was quick to point out the Lane was “a heavy drinker” but not a drug addict, saying, “There were no drugs. That was one thing he could not tolerate, he couldn’t stand them. He did not do drugs.”

In a bit of a shocking twist, Oswald-Ley said that the singer’s wife Kimberly, whom he married a year ago, and his manager have not yet contacted the family since the news broke or about funeral arrangements. “It would be common courtesy to call,” she said, “we don’t even know if there’s a service.”

The death of their mother seven years ago may have factored in Lane’s inability to stay on the wagon, since a driving force was now gone. Oswald-Ley said, “She was always the glue that kept us together. She would always talk him into going to rehab and hospitals. I think when she passed that [his] desire to stay healthy died too.”

Lane’s alcohol issues — he was arrested twice for DUI, spending 120 days in jail for the second offense — led to him shutting out his family. She labeled Lane, born John Kennedy Oswald, as “talented and witty and bright,” but says her brother’s shame over his drinking problem caused him to erect a wall. “We would all have flown out to Los Angeles from Ohio to bring him back if he’d let us, but he isolated himself,” she said about the Oswald siblings.

Oswald-Ley, who last spoke with Lane on June 19, when he checked himself into a three-day detox, is left with some pretty lingering questions about her brother’s death, asking, “Why was he in a hotel? Why was he away from her (his wife)? Why was there isolation? We have so many questions and don’t know where to turn for answers.”

Answers won’t likely come for another four to six weeks, as coroners await the results of the toxicology tests.

Jani Lane dead at 47: Warrant singer's death under investigation

Police are investigating the circumstances around the death of Jani Lane, the former Warrant singer who was found dead in a Woodland Hills motel room Thursday night.

Law enforcement was investigating why the 47-year-old Lane, who has a home in Redondo Beach, was at the Comfort Inn on Ventura Boulevard, police sources told L.A. Now on Friday. Alcohol and prescription drugs were found in the room; Lane had struggled with substance issues, with a pair of DUI arrests in recent years.

Warrant Singer Jani Lane Dead At 47

Jani Lane, the golden-haired former lead singer of 1980s hair-metal band Warrant, was found dead on Thursday in a hotel room in Woodland Hills, California.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, police found the body of Lane (born John Kennedy Oswald), 47, at a Comfort Inn, with no cause of death available at press time. Lane was best known for the Warrant hit "Cherry Pie," which he wrote and which featured a guitar solo by Poison's C.C. DeVille. The double entendre-filled video for the song — packed, of course, with a bevy of video vixens — was a staple of MTV programming when it was released in 1990.