El DeBarge was arrested for possession of narcotics in a Los Angeles suburb on Monday afternoon, just one month after he talked to Whitney Houston about their addiction.

According to E! Online, El DeBarge is out on $30,000 bail and awaits an April 9 court date.

It’s a big setback for the singer, who was sentenced to two years in prison in 2008 for possessing crack and drug paraphernalia and violating probation (from a previous drug bust) and had been arrested two other times since 2001.

El DeBarge scotched a comeback tour last year, checking into rehab instead.

El DeBarge was arrested for drug possession, just one month after he talked to Whitney Houston about their addiction

Last month, El DeBarge talked about meeting with his friend Whitney Houston days before her death.

“She was telling me, <<I miss you El>> and we started crying together,” El DeBarge told The Boombox at the Grammys, where he was nominated for Best R&B Album.

“She wanted to talk to me about her addiction, I could tell she did, and we just didn’t get our chance to.

“Drugs are a very strong, outside aggression.

“That’s what it is. It attacks leadership and it just attacks things and it gives you a challenge that you really don’t want to have but you have to be strong and we all have the strength.”