Lyle Menendez Denied Parole a Day After Brother’s Release Rejected in Parents’ Murders

The California Board of Parole Hearings decided that Lyle Menendez should remain imprisoned.

Lyle Menendez appears before the parole board via teleconference at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego on Aug. 22, 2025. California Department of Corrections via Getty Images

Lyle Menendez was denied parole on Aug. 22, just a day after his brother Erik was also refused a release from prison following the 1989 killing of their parents in Southern California.

Menendez appeared virtually from the San Diego prison before a panel of two commissioners, who are not the same ones who handled his brother’s hearing on Aug. 21.