Like his brother Erik before him, a California parole board has declined to give Lyle Menendez freedom. In back-to-back decisions that came days after the 36th anniversary of their parents infamous shooting deaths, both Menendez brothers lost their chance at freedom, largely over contraband cellphones they used behind bars.

At Erik Menendez's parole hearing on Thursday, he told the commissioners about a pivotal conversation he had with his brother five days before the murders. That day, he said he confided in Lyle Menendez that their father was sexually abusing him -- the first time the siblings had ever discussed the abuse.