A psychologist has assessed that there is a "very low risk" that the older Menendez brother would be violent if he were released. However, the board assessed that he should spend at least three more years in prison.
They brought up, among other things, that he had used a smuggled mobile phone during the spring, despite this being prohibited.
I convinced myself that I was not harming anyone other than myself with that rule violation, said Lyle Menendez in his defense.
The Menendez brothers had their sentences made determinate in the spring, from life without the possibility of parole to 50 years to life, after having served more than 30 years in prison.
Little brother Erik had already received the message the day before that his application for conditional release had been rejected.
The case has been made topical with the Netflix series "Monster: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez" and the documentary "The Menendez brothers" from last year.
