The California Parole Board denied parole for Erik Menendez, rejecting his first bid for release nearly 36 years after he and his brother Lyle shot and killed their parents in their Beverly Hills home.

Following a nearly 10-hour hearing Thursday, commissioners concluded that despite support from family and advocates, Erik remains unsuitable for release. He will not be eligible to try again for three years, though he can petition for an earlier hearing, according to a report from The Los Angeles Times.

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“This is a tragic case,” Parole Commissioner Robert Barton said. “I agree that not only two but four people were lost in this family.”

The case captured national attention in the 1990s. At trial, prosecutors said the brothers executed their parents to inherit the family’s fortune

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