Erik and Lyle Menendez were denied parole by a California board this week after decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion.

Erik and Lyle Menendez face their first parole hearings this week, nearly 30 years after being convicted of murdering their parents in Beverly Hills in 1989.

Erik and Lyle Menendez are set to begin parole hearings, a major step toward freedom for the brothers convicted of murdering their parents in 1989.

A California parole board has denied parole for Lyle Menendez, who was convicted alongside his brother of murdering their parents in 1989.

Erik Menendez, convicted of murdering his parents in LA, has been denied parole after making a fresh bid for his release before California’s parole board. The younger of the two Menendez brothers, who were arrested in 1989, appeared before the board seeking freedom for the first time in three years.

LOS ANGELES - A California parole board panel on Thursday, Aug. 21 voted to reject the release of Erik Menendez, who, alongside his brother Lyle, has spent more than 35 years behind bars for the murders of their parents in 1989. A separate parole hearing for Lyle Menendez is set for Friday, Aug. 22.

After serving several decades in prison, Erik and Lyle Menendez are facing the possibility of freedom as the California Board of Parole Hearings considers this week whether they’ve adequately atoned for the brutal 1989 murder of their parents.