A California parole board has refused to release Lyle Menendez, 57, keeping him in prison nearly 35 years after he and his younger brother Erik shot and killed their parents in their Beverly Hills home. The decision, reached late Friday after an eleven-hour hearing conducted by video from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, came one day after a separate panel denied parole to Erik, 54. Commissioners cited the "callous" nature of the 1989 murders, continuing rule violations — notably repeated contraband-cellphone use — and what they described as anti-social personality traits that still pose a danger to the public. While acknowledging Menendez’s educational achievements and expressions of remorse, presiding Commissioner Julie Garland said the positives were outweighed by evidence that he "struggles with deception, minimization and rule-breaking beneath the surface." The brothers were convicted of first-degree murder in 1996 and originally sentenced to life without parole. A Los Angeles judge reduced those terms in May to 50 years to life under California’s youthful-offender statute, making both men immediately eligible for parole because they were under 26 at the time of the crime. Prosecutors maintain the killings were financially motivated; the siblings argue they acted in fear after years of parental abuse. Under Friday’s ruling, Lyle Menendez cannot seek parole again for three years, although an administrative review could advance the next hearing to about 18 months. Governor Gavin Newsom retains the power to grant clemency, and the brothers’ separate habeas petition seeking a new trial on alleged new evidence remains pending.