'NSYNC's first album cover, Lance Bass second in from left Lou Pearlman , the ever sketchy producer of 'NSYNC and Backstreet Boys , has died in prison, according to US Weekly. He was 62 years old. Pearlman was in prison after scamming half a billion dollars out of investors and was sentenced to twenty-five years behind bars about eight years ago. There had also been chatter that he had molested and harassed several of his proteges.