Aaron Carter's Cause of Death Identified

LOS ANGELES, CA — Actor and singer Aaron Carter died from drowning in the bathtub of his Lancaster home due to the effects of Xanax combined with difluoroethane from a spray can, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner announced Tuesday.

The results of the medical examination come more than six months after the former singer and "Lizzie McGuire" and "7th Heaven" star was found in his bathtub by a housekeeper.

"On the morning of November 5, 2022, Mr. Carter was found submerged in the bathtub at his residence, located in Lancaster, by his reported housekeeper who called 911 and was instructed to begin CPR," the coroner wrote. "On November 6, 2022, the deputy medical examiner completed a full autopsy on Mr. Carter. Following the completion and receipt of relevant test results, the cause of death was certified on April 14. The manner of death was certified as accident."

Carter was a former child pop star and younger brother of Nick Carter of The Backstreet Boys. He was 34 when he died. He released his debut album in 1997. He toured with his brother's band and Britney Spears before his follow-up album, "Aaron's Party (Come and Get It)," was released in September 2000, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Carter's fifth and final album, "LOVE," was released in 2018.

Carter also appeared on his family's reality series "House of Carters" alongside Nick and their siblings B.J., Aaron, Leslie and Angel Carter. The show aired on E! Entertainment Television.

Leslie Carter died of a drug overdose in January 2012 at the age of 25, according to THR.

The Associated Press and Patch Staffer Megan VerHelst contributed to this report.