Nick Carter is opening up about the death of his younger brother, Aaron Carter , in candid detail.

The Backstreet Boys singer previously honored his late sibling with a benefit concert and new song in January but has now shared insight into his grief for the very first time. He spoke with ET on Friday and admitted: Its definitely been tough for me and my family.

It is still something that we are still processing, to this day, the 43-year-old continued . I dont think we will ever really get over it. Its been a lot for us, and we are finding ways to try and take a really tragic situation in our family and do something with it.

Aaron Carter was found dead in a bathtub at his Lancaster, California home in November. An autopsy concluded he drowned after ingesting alprazolam, a generic form of Xanax, and a chemical found in cans of compressed air called difluoroethane. He was 34 years old.

Nick Carter had an admittedly complicated view of his brother and initially opened up on Instagram about his death. The father of three admitted his heart is broken because he had held on to the hope that Aaron Carter would somehow, someday want to walk a healthy path.

Their fractured relationship had long been made public by House of Carters, an E! Channel reality show that saw Nick Carter taunt his younger brother and demand, Youre gonna respect me, before seemingly assaulting him for loudly recording music at night.