One day after a state parole board panel rejected his brother’s bid to be freed from prison, Lyle Menendez will appear before a separate panel Friday in hopes he will be recommended for release after serving roughly 35 years for the 1989 shotgun slaying of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion.

After a nearly 10-hour hearing Thursday, a parole panel rejected a parole bid by 54-year-old Erik Menendez. Lyle Menendez, 57, will hope for a different fate Friday.

The brothers spent about 35 years behind bars without the possibility of parole for the Aug. 20, 1989, shotgun killings of Jose and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez. The Menendez brothers claim the killings were committed after years of abuse, including alleged sexual abuse by their father.

In May, however, the brothers were resen

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