Lyle and Erik Menendez are heading to their long-awaited parole hearing on Thursday, marking a huge step forward in their push to be released after 35 years behind bars.

A California parole board denied the parole of Erik Menendez; they will now decide whether to grant the release of his brother, Lyle. The brothers have spent more than 30 years in jail for murdering their parents — and Gov.

A fter the board denied his brother parole on Thursday, Lyle Menendez will try to convince a separate panel of commissioners to release him after serving decades in prison for killing his parents. Menendez is scheduled to appear virtually from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego on Friday.