On May 18, 2013, the three remaining members of Stone Temple Pilots performed with Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, appearing as special guests at the 21st Annual KROQ Weenie Roast, and the May 19, 2013 Live 105 BFD festival near San Francisco. Bennington was on lead vocals for the surprise performances, where they performed a new song, "Out of Time".

On May 19, 2013, STP released a free download of their new single "Out of Time" featuring Bennington via their official website. Coincidentally, Bennington had exclaimed years before in interviews that singing lead vocals in Stone Temple Pilots was his lifelong dream. The new incarnation of the band performed again on May 30, 2013 at the MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert in Los Angeles, California,and were joined by Weiland's former bandmates Slash and Duff McKagan on stage to perform "All the Young Dudes".Slash praised the band's decision to replace Weiland with Bennington.

On July 15, 2013, STP announced that it would embark on a small tour in September with Filter as the opening act. Stone Temple Pilots released a five-track EP titled High Rise on October 8, 2013, through Play Pen, LLC, credited as Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington. The album's second single, "Black Heart", was released through iHeart Radio on September 18, 2013. They officially dropped "with Chester Bennington" from their name in March 2015.

On November 9, 2015, Bennington announced he was amicably leaving Stone Temple Pilots to focus more on Linkin Park.

Currently the band is doing some auditions for searching a new vocalist who will replace Chester although it is possible that in a probable future he can return to doing some event with the band or go to the studio with the STP to create a new EP.