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Hey there, folks. It is late on Thursday, August 22nd.

And we have just gotten word that parole has been denied for Eric Menendez.

Welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J.

An episode being recorded much later than

anticipated because as I record this, it is past 10 o'clock on the East Coast. It is past 8 o'clock

on the West Coast. And for the past 10 hours, the parole board hearing for Eric Menendez has been

taking place that is a much longer duration than most we're anticipating.

Thought this might go three hours or so.

It has been a long, long day.

And we're just getting word before I started recording here, folks, that, yes, Eric Menendez, all that momentum, all the publicity.

And a lot of people thought this was going to be it. But no,

Eric Menendez is not going to be getting out of prison, at least through the parole system,

at least through that method for now, because parole has been denied. The parole board says he can come back and it's eligible to go before the parole board again in

three years. But as of now, Eric Menendez is going to stay in prison. His brother, Lyle, is up with

his parole board hearing tomorrow. So what does this mean for him? Is it an automatic? Not necessarily. Just because his brother was denied,

it doesn't mean that Lyle will be denied. I'll explain that in a second. But this parole board

hearing happened today at 11.30 a.m. Eastern time, 8.30 local out there from the prison in San Diego.

He was doing it from his San Diego prison. This was

video conference. He wasn't taken into a courtroom. So this was all done via video conference.

Now, why was he even up for parole now? This is the first time he has ever been eligible.

This is his first shot up at this. Well, he's eligible now because after they were convicted,

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