Personal Life
Hawkins struggled with addiction throughout the mid to late 1990s, culminating with an overdose on painkillers in 2001 while on tour with Foo Fighters in London. Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl sat beside Hawkins' hospital bed until he woke up. Hawkins and his wife Alison have a son named Oliver Shane (he is called Shane). They have a daughter named Annabelle, born in the winter of 2009. They currently reside in Topanga Canyon, California. Hawkins is also very athletic and loves to go mountain biking. He usually bikes with fellow Foo Fighters bandmate Nate Mendel.
He is a childhood friend of Yes lead vocalist Jon Davison.
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