A day after his brother Erik was denied a recommendation for release, Lyle Menendez sat before California's parole board in a separate hearing to argue for his freedom after serving decades in prison for killing his parents. Menendez appeared virtually from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego on Friday morning.

The decision by a California parole board not to recommend parole for Erik Menendez is only one part of what has been a multipronged effort by their lawyers to free him and his brother Lyle.

A panel of parole hearing officers will evaluate the brothers individually.