In 1989, brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez killed their parents by shooting them repeatedly at close range at their mansion in Beverly Hills.
They were found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to murder in 1996, and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
Public interest in the case has grown since a new Netflix drama, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, was released in 2024. Their story continues to divide opinion.
In a resentencing hearing in May 2025 a judge made them eligible for parole. However in August, both brothers were denied release.
Erik, now 54, appeared before a panel at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on 21 August. He was told that he still posed a risk to public safety and had not been a model prisoner.
