After serving more than three decades behind bars for murdering their parents, Erik and Lyle Menendez are now eligible for parole.

The decision could lead to the release of Lyle and Erik Menendez, more than three decades after they were sent to prison for killing their parents.

A Los Angeles judge has resentenced Erik and Lyle Menendez to 50 years to life in prison, which means that the brothers are now eligible for parole.

LOS ANGELES: Lyle and Erik Menendez were resentenced on Tuesday (May 13) for the murder of their parents in 1989, with a term that now opens the possibility of parole. A judge in Los Angeles said the men's prison terms should be changed to 50 years to life, reducing their original sentence of life wit

Lyle and Erik Menendez, serving life sentences for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents in Beverly Hills, can be re-sentenced for their crime, a Los Angeles judge ruled on Tuesday.

They are now eligible for parole under California’s youthful offender law because they committed the crime under the age of 26.

The Menendez brothers pursue three legal avenues that could lead to parole or clemency