Erik Menendez was denied a parole by the California Board of Parole Hearings on Thursday, 36 years and one day after he and his brother shot and killed their parents in the family's Beverly Hills mansion.

The highly anticipated hearings are the closest the brothers have come to freedom after decades in prison.

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Erik Menendez, who appeared Thursday on a live feed from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, and his brother became eligible for parole earlier this year when a judge resentenced them from life in prison without parole to 50 years to life.

Now that parole is denied, attorneys for Erik Menendez can request a board review of the case for errors of fact. If there's a tie, the full parole

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