And the musicians noted he'll everlastingly clasp a spot successful their hearts. 

"And astir of all, helium loved & adored his household & friends," they added. "He was besides overmuch admired and beloved by truthful many. Ryan, we volition emotion and miss you for the remainder of our days, and we volition ne'er capable the spread that you permission successful each of our lives."

Furnari, Steinhauser, Hails and Schneider also expressed their condolences to Siew's loved ones and asked for privateness arsenic they mourn his passing.

"Our hearts are with his household archetypal and foremost, but besides with each those whose lives helium touched," they stated. "We inquire that you delight respect the wishes of Ryan's household for privateness astatine this time, and likewise that you springiness us, our squad and household the abstraction to grieve & effort to heal from this immeasurable loss. We cognize that you volition beryllium grieving with america and that we, and our community, volition clasp each different done this."

Before concluding their message, the artists sent a connection to Siew successful which they wrote, "May you beryllium astatine peace." 

The announcement comes a week after Polaris revealed successful a June 20 Instagram post that it was withdrawing from the remaining dates of its European Summer shows owed to a "serious idiosyncratic situation successful our family." Just weeks earlier connected June 8, the group had shared that Siew would not beryllium joining them for their acceptable astatine the Rock for People festival arsenic helium was "taking immoderate clip disconnected the roadworthy to woody with immoderate ongoing wellness issues."

Siew had besides antecedently spoken astir his wellness journey, including successful a January Instagram station aft a period distant from the platform. 

"I've had to measurement distant and walk astir of 2023 moving connected myself and for the archetypal clip for arsenic agelong arsenic I tin remember," helium wrote successful his Jan. 26 connection alongside a photograph of himself successful a infirmary bed. "I'm blessed to accidental I'm nary longer connected immoderate anti depressants, nary longer surviving with the changeless encephalon fog and lethargy. Although I've besides had a fewer wellness scares that person been rather sobering."

He besides expressed his optimism for his recovery, adding, "Between each of that, I deliberation I'm backmost connected way to beryllium the champion mentation of myself. I'm learning caller things, increasing and I'm astir importantly recovering."

According to his YouTube channel, Siew started playing guitar successful 2008. Polaris formed successful 2012, and Siew joined the set the pursuing year, per the Los Angeles Times. The radical went connected to merchandise their EPs Dichotomy and The Guilt & The Grief in 2013 and 2016, respectively followed by their archetypal workplace album The Mortal Coil in 2017.

Their 2nd album The Death of Me dropped successful 2020, and they shared their latest azygous "Inhumane" in May. The band's third album Fatalism is acceptable to beryllium released successful September.

And Siew's bequest volition proceed to unrecorded connected done Polaris' music.

"Ryan, you mightiness beryllium gone but the euphony and interaction you've made volition unrecorded acold longer than immoderate of us," Schneider wrote in his own Instagram tribute. "Rest successful peace, brother."