The older of the Menendez brothers, who killed their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion 36 years ago, has been denied parole a day after his younger sibling’s bid for freedom was also rejected.

Erik, 54, and Lyle Menendez, 57, were sentenced to life in prison without parole for the brutal murder of Jose and Kitty Menendez in 1989.

The pair were at the centre of a media firestorm in the 1990s when their case went to trial, and attention has refocused on the pair after multiple documentaries.

A California parole board ruled on Friday that Lyle was still a risk to public safety and should not be allowed to leave prison for at least three years.

His brother Erik received the same judgement on Thursday, in a crushing blow to the brothers’ decades-long fight for freedom.

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