 In a 2011 interview with "Parade" magazine, he discussed his history of substance abuse as a teen, and in March 2013, he again sought treatment for addiction.On July 13, 2013, he died of a toxic combination of heroin and alcohol in a Vancouver hotel room.Monteith was born in Calgary, Alberta on May 11, 1982, the younger son of Ann McGregor, an interior decorator, and Joe Monteith, a military man who served in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.