Lyle Menendez will remain in prison after the California parole board rejected his bid for freedom on Friday night, a day after officials rejected his brother, Erik, for an early release. The pair must wait three more years until their next parole hearing.

Lyle Menendez has been denied parole by a panel of California commissioners. The two commissioners have determined Friday that Menendez should not be freed after serving decades in prison for murdering his parents in 1989 with his younger brother,

Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison for the 1989 shotgun killings of their parents. State parole officials reviewed Erik's case Thursday, with his brother's hearing set for Friday.