Despite talk of a band reunion, Scott Weiland won't cop to being a stoned Temple Pilot.
The alt-rocker pleaded not guilty Wednesday to driving under the influence of drugs with a prior conviction, maintaining he was sober when he bumped into another car on a Los Angeles freeway in November.
A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Apr. 4. Weiland doesn't have to appear in person, because the charge is a misdemeanor.
If convicted, the 40-year-old Velvet Revolver frontman, who checked into rehab early last month, is facing a maximum sentence of one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. He's guaranteed at least eight days behind bars if he's found guilty, and his car could be impounded for 30 days as well.
He was ordered into a six-month treatment program and spent three years on probation after pleading no contest to misdemeanor DUI in 2004.
Weiland was arrested Nov. 21 on a Hollywood Freeway on-ramp in the San Fernando Valley after his Mercedes collided with another vehicle and he reportedly refused to take a chemical test. He was booked on suspicion of DUI and released after posting $40,000 bail.
The musician hasn't commented on the bust, but Velvet Revolver's management said at the time that Weiland was not driving under the influence and that a Breathalyzer test would prove his blood-alcohol level was "well within the legal limit."
Meanwhile, the original members of Stone Temple Pilots—Weiland, guitarist Dean DeLeo, his bassist brother Robert DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz—have announced plans to reunite onstage for the first time since 2002 at the Rock on the Range Festival May 17 in Columbus, Ohio.