Although Menendez participated in volunteer programs and got his advanced degrees, a parole board commissioner offered some scathing remarks.

Like his brother Erik before him, a California parole board has declined to give Lyle Menendez freedom. In back-to-back decisions that came days after the 36th anniversary of their parents infamous shooting deaths, both Menendez brothers lost their chance at freedom, largely over contraband cellphones they used behind bars.