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.

Commissioner Robert Barton reportedly told the youngest Menendez brother, 54, that the 1989 killing of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez was “devoid of human compassion,” noting the particular brutality of the shotgun murders for which he was convicted alongside brother Lyle Menendez, now 57, according to local KTLA.

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.