India, Oct. 19 -- Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers, who died at the age of 48, had had various health struggles in the past. While his cause of death has not been revealed yet, his health issues and history with liver disease have been documented.

When Rivers left the band in 2015, word spread that it was due to back problems. But in reality, Rivers was dealing with a liver disease that developed after years of heavy drinking, according to alternativenation.net..

Rivers opened up about his diagnosis in the book Raising Hell: Backstage Tales From the Lives of Metal Legends, as he did in various interviews. "I was diagnosed in 2011," he said in an interview with The PRP. "I didn't really get what was happening back then. I stopped drinking ...