A California parole board has denied parole for Erik Menendez, who was convicted alongside his brother Lyle of murdering their parents in 1989, delivering a crippling blow to the brothers’ yearslong fight for release.

Erik Menendez was denied parole during his first-ever parole hearing on Thursday, 36 years and one day after he and his brother killed their parents.

Tammi Menendez expressed frustration with Parole Commissioner Robert Barton, saying he had "his mind made up to deny Erik parole from the start!"