Menendez, along with his brother Lyle, has served 35 years of a life prison term for fatally shooting their parents.
Erik Menendez has been denied parole, more than 30 years after he and his brother Lyle killed their parents in the family’s luxury Beverly Hills home.
A California panel ordered the 54-year-old to stay in prison on Thursday, defying a lengthy campaign waged by family, friends and celebrities like Kim Kardashian.
“Erik Menendez was denied parole for three years at his initial suitability hearing today,” said a brief statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).
The result will be a huge blow to a movement that has swelled in recent years, nourished by documentaries and TV dramas, including the smash Netflix hit Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.
