Erik Menendez was denied release at a parole hearing. Brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez fatally shot their parents in 1989, claiming they did so because of years of sexual abuse.

Erik Menendez has been denied parole by panel of California commissioners. During his hearing Thursday, he offered his most detailed account in years of how he was raised and why he made the choices he did — both at the time of his parents' killing and during his decades in prison.