Lyle Menendez received the same recommendation as his brother Erik when he was denied parole Friday. SAN DIEGO — Lyle Menendez received the same recommendation as his brother Erik when he was denied parole Friday after serving decades in prison for the murder of their parents in 1989.

In separate decisions, Erik and Lyle Menendez were denied parole for the 1989 killings of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez. Lyle was rejected on Friday. The brothers can apply for parole again in three years.

Lyle Menendez, imprisoned 35 years with his brother Erik for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents at their Beverly Hills home, was denied parole on Friday, a day after the same decision was rendered against his younger sibling.