A California judge has rejected a request for a new trial for Erik and Lyle Menendez, shutting down another possible path to freedom for the brothers who have served decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989.

Erik Menendez has been denied parole by a panel of California commissioners.

The Menendez brothers are set to make their cases for parole this week.

An attorney is seeking Erik Menendez’s release from prison because of a medical condition after he was taken to a hospital.