Would you call??

play .25/.50 NL. 5 handed and i raise to 1.5 with A8 suited as BB and limping small blind calls. The small blind player is very aggressive post flop. flop comes A Q 8 rainbow. he checks and i bet 3 and he calls. Turn is 6 and he checks and i bet 5 and he calls. Riv is 4 and he checks and i bet 8, he thinks and goes all in for 24 more. I call, he has AQ, I was doomed from beginning. Anyone think i played it bad and anything else i could have done?