After a nearly 10-hour hearing, California officials denied Erik Menendez parole on Thursday after he spent decades behind bars for killing his parents, Kitty and Jose Menendez , in 1989.

The presiding parole panel said he must wait three years before his next hearing. State law requires the parole board to schedule another hearing three, five, seven, 10 or 15 years in the future, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Menendez can ask the full parole board to review the case for factual errors that could have resulted in a different outcome.

"While we respect the decision, today's outcome was, of course, disappointing and not what we hoped for," the Menendez family said in a statement. "But our belief in Erik remains unwavering, and we know he

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