Postgres select by most recently used in relation

order-by-relation.sql

SELECT payees.*, max(payments.id) AS most_recent_transaction FROM payees
LEFT OUTER JOIN payments ON payments.payee_id = payees.id
WHERE payees.user_id = ?
GROUP BY payees.id
ORDER BY max(payments.id) DESC;

My error: (with different table names)

x=# select bill_payees.*, max(check_transactions.id) from bill_payees
left outer join check_transactions on check_transactions.payee_id = bill_payees.id
where bill_payees.user_id = 927244602504659414
group by bill_payees.id
order by check_transactions.id desc;
ERROR:  column "check_transactions.id" must appear in the GROUP BY clause or be used in an aggregate function
LINE 5: order by check_transactions.id desc;