After sacking singer Scott Weiland and replacing him with Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, the Stone Temple Pilots have taken their split from their former frontman one step further, into the courts.   

The band have claimed that Weiland’s constant lateness on their 2012 tour and his personal lawyer’s interference with business have cost the band money. The group also cited Weiland’s struggles with addiction and poor live performances as a hit on their earning potential.

The lawsuit aims to have Weiland stripped of the ability to use the group’s name or songs to further his solo career.

"The band endured much strife and lost significant opportunities because of Weiland," the suit states.

In a message posted to his website Friday, Weiland said his former band mates shouldn't call themselves Stone Temple Pilots either.

"First of all they don't have the legal right to call themselves STP because I'm still a member of the band," he said. "And more importantly, they don't have the ethical right to call themselves Stone Temple Pilots because it's misleading and dishonest to the millions of fans that have followed us for so many years."

Watch a performance by the Stone Temple Pilots on the tour in question last year below: