The elder Menendez brother followed Erik's Thursday denial after a long day before state commissioners. But their hopes are not entirely dashed yet.

Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were recently denied parole, have now been blocked from another once-promising path to freedom.

A day after his younger brother was denied release from prison by the California Parole Board, Lyle Menendez’s steady march toward earning his freedom back, 36 years after the two young men shot their ...