Menendez brothers granted 2027 parole hearing a year earlier than expected

Erik and Lyle Menendez have been granted a parole hearing for next year, a year earlier than previously expected. The brothers, who were both convicted of the Aug. 20, 1989, shotgun slayings of their parents, Jose and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, in their Beverly Hills home, are scheduled to have a parole suitability hearing in March 2027 instead of August 2028, Fox News confirms. The change stems from two provisions included in Proposition 9, which allow a prison inmate's next parole hearing d