Payne died on Wednesday after falling from the balcony of his third-floor hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
His fellow One Direction members — Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson — have yet to speak out.
However, Styles’ mom, Anne Twist, posted a broken heart emoji via Instagram Wednesday, captioned, “Just a boy.”
The former band’s drummer, Josh Devine, called the news “heartbreaking” on his Story.“I just pray for Liam’s family and all that knew and loved him,” the musician, 33, told his followers. “Some of my fav memories in life were because of this man. No words.”
In addition to mom Karen, dad Geoff and sisters Nicola and Ruth, Payne is survived by his and ex-girlfriend Cheryl Cole’s 7-year-old son, Bear.
The exes, who broke up in 2018, kept their little’s one face off of social media, but Payne recently called Bear his “mini-me.”
While celebrating his 31st birthday via Snapchat in August, the American Music Award winner quipped, “I didn’t get any dad socks yet. But I am going to speak to my son in a little bit, which I’m really excited about.
“Bless him,” he continued at the time. “He’s a big boy, and he looks like a mini-me, as if we need anymore me in the world.”
