The California Democrat makes the final decision if the parole board recommends their release following the infamous, decades-old murder case.

Now eligible for parole, the Menendez brothers could be released next month after spending more than three decades behind bars.

Joseph and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted in 1996 for the murder of their parents in 1989, may have a chance at parole following a recent legal development. The brothers, born in New York in 1968,

Cooper Koch revealed how Erik Menéndez reacted to him and brother Lyle Menéndez being resentenced to 50 years to life. “I’m so grateful that that happened,” Koch, 28, who played Erik on Ryan Murphy ’s miniseries Monsters, told Variety on Tuesday, May 20. “And so is Erik [Menéndez], I spoke to him yesterday and he is so excited.”

The Latin Times spoke with multiple Los Angeles attorneys for their opinion on the brothers' upcoming parole hearing.

But 35 years later - thanks in part to TikTok, Netflix and stars like Kim Kardashian - the Menendez brothers have a new generation of supporters - many who were not even born in 1989, the year the brothers ambushed their parents with shotguns in their Beverly Hills mansion.