A three-piece combined oil-control ring comprises a pair of upper and lower side rails 222 in the axial direction and a spacer expander 224. The spacer expander is located between the side rails 222, and pushes the side rails from their inner peripheral side to generates the tension of the side rails 222. The ears of the spacer expander made of austenitic stainless steel in contact with inner peripheral surfaces of the side rails, are subjected to gas-nitriding at a temperature of 470° C. or higher to form a 10 to 60 μm thick gas-nitriding surface-layer comprising a phase having peaks at 2θ=40° and 2θ=46° by Cu—K α X-ray diffraction. In addition or alternatively, a resin coating film (31) is formed on at least surfaces of the spacer expander (7) faced to the side surfaces of the side rails or on at least surfaces of the side rails (5,6) faced to the spacer expander (7).