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Erik and Lyle Menendez have both been denied parole by a California board after decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion

A US judicial commission denied parole Friday to Joseph Lyle Menendez, a day after his brother Erik was also ordered to stay in prison for the murder of their parents in a Beverly Hills mansion more than three decades ago.

Erik will be eligible again in three years; the two brothers have spent 30 years in prison for the murder of their parents

Is this notorious killer going to be walking the streets after decades behind bars?

A panel of two California commissioners denied Menendez parole for three years, after which he will be eligible again. A parole hearing for his brother Lyle Menendez, who is being held at the same prison in San Diego, is scheduled for Friday morning.

Much of the board's questioning focused on Erik Menendez's behavior in prison, where he has spent more than three decades. While family, advocates, and fellow inmates have painted the Menendez brothers as model prisoners, records tell a different story.

Erik Menendez has been denied parole by panel of California commissioners

The decision comes 36 years and one day after Erik and his brother Lyle shot and killed their parents in the family's Beverly Hills mansion

Erik Menendez, convicted in 1996 with his brother Lyle of murdering his parents, has been denied parole in his first-ever hearing.