AS I LAY DYING singer Tim Lambesis pleaded guilty to his role in a murder-for-hire plot.

Carlsbad resident Lambesis entered the change of plea in court yesterday (Tuesday, February 25th), admitting that he hired a hit man to kill his estranged wife.

As a result of his change of plea, Lambesis will serve nine years according to a court clerk.

He was arrested in May 2013 on charges of solicitation of another to commit murder and conspiracy to commit a crime