The unexpected release of audio from Erik Menendez’s tightly controlled parole hearing last week nearly derailed Friday’s proceedings for his brother, Lyle, and infuriated his family members – who raised questions about the recording’s impact on the outcome and how it was released.

Lyle and Erik Menendez killed their parents in 1989 and have been incarcerated for 35 years. Here’s what the Menendez brothers’ lives are like today.

Erik and Lyle Menendez’s family have been left furious after a ‘leaked’ audio from Erik's parole hearing was released to the public last week (22 August).