Liam Payne’s American label, Republic Records, did indeed end its relationship with the singer days before he died. Reports of Republic dropping Payne emerged shortly after his October death, but the label never confirmed it,

The new Rolling Stone exposé delves into the spiral of addiction and mental health struggles the former 1D singer faced before his shock death at 31 last year.

Former One Direction star Liam Payne was very open about his struggles with drug and alcohol addiction before he sadly died at the age of 31 after falling from a hotel balcony