Erik Menendez was denied parole by a two-member panel of California state parole commissioners after an all-day hearing Thursday.

Commissioners cited repeated prison rule violations—including allegations of cellphone use, alcohol and substance-related abuse, gang activity, fights, and a tax scam—as evidence he continued to pose an unreasonable risk to public safety, The Associated Press reported.

The decision marked the first parole denial for Erik since a judge in May reduced the brothers' original life-without-parole sentences to 50 years to life, a ruling that made both Erik and his brother Lyle immediately eligible for parole.

Commissioners framed their ruling around Menendez's conduct behind bars rather than the 1989 killings themselves, allowing him to seek reconsideration in thre

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