It’s been a rocky few months for Scott Weiland, former frontman of Velvet Revolver, who was sentenced Monday to eight days in jail, four months’ probation and an 18-month alcohol program after pleading no contest to a drink driving charge.

Scott Weiland, the elegantly misbehaved former frontman of Velvet Revolver, was represented by an attorney at the Van Nuys, Calif. court on Monday, reports People.com. The attorney entered a no contest plea on the singer’s behalf.

Weiland was sentenced to eight days in jail and four years’ probation. The singer was also court-ordered to take part in an 18-month alcohol program and pay nearly $2,000 in fines.

Weiland came to fame as the lead singer of 1990s band Stone Temple Pilots, whom he reunited with earlier this year after parting ways with Velvet Revolver. He has until May 28 to serve his jail term.

The singer’s drunk driving charge stems from a November 2007 arrest on a San Fernando Valley freeway after crashing his car and failing sobriety tests. No one was injured in that accident, the California Highway Patrol said in a statement at the time.

It was the second DUI conviction for Weiland and hardly his first substance-related problems ever. He was previously jailed for drug offenses in the 1990s and was arrested on domestic-violence charges in 2001.

His blotted past even contributed to the denial of Japanese visas for him and his now-former Velvet Revolver band members last autumn, shortly before his DUI arrest. Under Japanese law, anyone with a drug conviction can be refused entry. A spokesperson for the immigration department at the Justice Ministry contacted at the time by Reuters said he could not comment on individual cases.

Velvet Revolver were forced to scrap their concerts in Japan last year but managed to continue their world tour in support of “Libertad,” which has now become their last studio album in this lineup.

Earlier this month, on April 1, guitarists Slash and Dave Kushner, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum released a statement confirming the breakup with Weiland. The four musicians argued that Weiland’s “increasingly erratic onstage behavior and personal problems” forced them to “move on.”

Shortly thereafter Weiland announced he had reunited with Stone Temple Pilots. The band is scheduled to embark on a 65-city tour May 17.