Layne Staley, lead singer ... Staley lost a girlfriend to heroin a few years ago. Band influenced such other groups as Creed and Godsmack, whose name comes from an Alice in Chains song.

Staley’s girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott, started shooting smack — and Alice in Chains got famous. Alice in Chains was opening for Van Halen on tour in 1991 when Staley, prompted by Parrott ...

Though Staley didn't take his own life, his story wasn't any less devastating. He had a rough breakup with a longterm girlfriend, who ended up passing away shortly after they parted.

7. The girl on the cover was not Layne Staley's girlfriend. Staley was pretty inseparable from his girlfriend in the early '90s, Demri Parrott.

Layne Staley, lead singer of the popular Seattle band Alice in Chains, died from a fatal mix of heroin and cocaine, the King County Medical Examiner's Office said yesterday.

Those that knew Staley personally seem to agree that he more or less died in spirit when his long-time girlfriend, Demri Parrott, succumbed to bacterial endocarditis stemming from her own drug use ...

Staley’s final years were, by all accounts, a tragic descent into addiction and depression. Staley’s girlfriend Demri Lara Parrott died by overdose in 1996, ... Seattle declares Layne Staley Day .