The California Parole Board on Friday rejected Lyle Menendez ‘ bid for release, a day after a separate panel refused to parole his brother Erik.

The brothers made their first appearances before the parole board since being convicted of the 1989 murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty. A judge in Van Nuys agreed in May to reduce their sentences to 50 years to life, making them eligible.

Both brothers will get another chance at parole in three years.

Julie Garland, one of two parole commissioners who heard the case, said that while Lyle Menendez has shown some positive signs behind bars, “You still struggle with anti-social personality traits like deception, minimization and rule breaking that lie beneath that positive surface.”

Garland urged him not to give up hope of release.

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