Lyle Menendez has been denied parole after his younger brother Erik suffered the same fate just a day prior. The Menendez brothers fought threw a slew of hearings over two days fighting for their release but have now both been denied parole. Both brothers were found to have violated prison rules during their time served at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa, California, for the murder of their parents in 1996. Parole Commissioner Julie Garland noted Lyle's illegal cellphone use in March 2024 costing him family visitation rights, NBC News reported. Lyle was found to have used a cellphone behind prison walls from 2018 to November 2024. The elder Menendez brother did not deny the claims, but explained his possession of the cell phone was to keep in touch with family and his community. He was also reprimanded for having 31 music CDs as well as a pair of soccer shoes inside his cell in January 2003, the outlet reported. Then in May 2013, a prison guard found him with a black lighter, which he claimed had been used for a 'religious ceremony.' The two have been campaigning for years, but the board declared they would be denied parole for three years due to their behavior in prison. At the hearing on Thursday, Erik claimed he developed a 'moral guardrail' while inprison, where he earned a bachelor's degree with top academic honors. But he also said he decided to illegally obtain cellphones, despite the risk of discipline, because he did not believe there was a chance he could ever be released. He said he took the gamble because the 'connection with the outside world was far greater than the consequences of me getting caught with the phone.' Erik also told how he decided to associate with a prison gang for his own protection. That all changed, he claimed, when he realized last year he could be paroled. 'Now, the consequences meant I was destroying my life,' the convict said. The brothers were sentenced to life in prison for the shooting of their father, Jose Menendez, and mother, Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills mansion. Defense attorneys argued that the brothers acted out of self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their father, prosecutors said the brothers sought a multimillion-dollar inheritance.