Erik Menendez was denied parole during his first-ever parole hearing on Thursday, 36 years and one day after he and his brother killed their parents.

After a nearly 10-hour hearing, California officials denied Erik Menendez parole on Thursday after he spent decades behind bars for killing his parents, Kitty and Jose Menendez, in 1989.The presiding parole panel said he must wait three years before his next hearing.

The decision to deny Menendez parole came nearly 36 years to the day after he and his brother fatally shot their parents.