Google Play Service 9.2.56 drains battery within 30minutes Google Play Service 9.2.56 drains battery within 30minutes

With the new version of google play service it drains the battery of older devices instantly. It gets incredibly hot, barely touchable.

There are tons of threads appearing on the web. Some here
Google Groups
Github

The only solution so far is to completely uninstall the service. You can not use older version since it will auto update itself soon or later. It does not care about update restrictions.

I am using a Samsung Galaxy S2 4.0.3

Anyone got an idea on how to solve it without uninstalling?
My "solution" is freezing Google Play Services 9.2.56 with the disadvantage that some Apps relying on that service will not work anymore.
Restore to the previous 9.0.28 version does not solve the problem, because it will automatic be updated to 9.2.56.
I tried to find a way to contact the Android developer team at Google, no success.