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Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison for fatally shooting their parents, José Menendez and Kitty Menendez, in 1989 in their Beverly Hills mansion

The brothers have said they endured years of sexual abuse from their father

They became eligible for parole in May

A California parole board denied Erik Menendez release on Thursday, Aug. 21, more than 36 years after he and his brother, Lyle, killed their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion — crimes for which they were initially sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Erik, now 54, appeared via videoconference from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego during his parole hearing. Lyle, 57, is set to appear before the parole board Friday.

“While we respect

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