Image Credit: Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag Lyle and Erik Menendez admittedly killed their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, in 1989. The brothers have spent over three decades in prison and are currently incarcerated at California's Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, but a parole hearing could bring them closer to a potential release after they were resentenced in 2025. Now that the case has garnered renewed interest decades later, many are wondering why Lyle and Erik went through with the murders.