Article continues below advertisementErik Menendez's wife, Tammi, was left feeling hopeless after her husband was denied parole on Thursday, August 21.The convicted murderer's spouse spoke out via social media shortly after the California Parole Board rejected his plea to leave prison. Erik, 54, and his brother, Lyle Menendez, 57, have been in jail for more than three decades after killing their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in August 1989.