Especially if youre their parents, siblings or children. Demri was staying with a friends Dad trying to kick by the time I got out so she could come stay at my parents while I recovered from surgery and she had to be clean to do that. Layne was always really quiet about it. Tags:
That is all I can remember to add. I have no clue where or how that rumor ever got started but it is for sure not Demri. I am very sorry about your lossI hate cancer and congrats on doing good, keep strong. They were both hardcore heroin addicts and much of their life and their relationship was very, very ugly. Ive read things on here claiming that she took his money and relied on him financially, but I cant say Ive ever read anything to say this is true. One of the purely amusing anecdotes de Sola shares concerns the night the Music Bank, the rehearsal warehouse where the band rented space, was raided in 1988. . Beautiful Country, would love to visit. Thats probably the biggest lesson her legacy has taught me. She suffered a lot in life, from around 1993 (I think) until her death in 1996, she was in and out of hospital constantly. http://grungestorytellers.xanaland.com/2013/02/happy-birthday-demri-crew-guy-recalls.html. I find it hard to believe. God Bless your sobriety! I am sure that he was pressured to go on tour and not feeling well decided that instead of letting the fans down and letting them see him in that state he felt he had a better chance stating away from that pressure. Thank you for sharing, although I dont know if you revealed way too many private details. It was missing something. They both were on a downward spiral without a safety net. Im sorry, Layne. Stay strong, stay strong, you can beat this. I was just wondering why couldnt you guys call the cops? When I spoke to Layne I was pissed off and crying, and told him what was going on at the house, but he pretty much already knew. are you Barbara, sure that your friend Rosheen died in 1997? Cornell said Layne came up the stairs to the apartment and was crying and nobody got up and gave him a hug and now he wished hed have done that. She wanted the 27 club, and she got it, much to everyone who loved her, bringing them such sorrow. Can you send me the link and the time in the video where you see her? Living your life not feeling happy is not the way you were meant to live. But when the band was recording in Los Angeles during the Rodney King riots in 1992, Staley would hit the scary streets, desperate to score. I was here many years ago and it has really come a long way. There is a popular opinion that Demri introduced Layne to drugs after they started dating. (Just noticed this now.) He adopted her and her birth name became Demri Lara Parrott. 2nd have some compassion or can you not readI have just been told I am dying of cancer and yes I have kids too and am a single parent at that with bills as wellso I understand all to well and I too am a recovering addictI in no way was ugly to no-one whatsoever!!!!!! I ran into Darin a few days back always nothing but love when we see each other. Just as Alice in Chains became famous, Staley's girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott, introduced him to heroin. To be honest Leah.. (Handout). Anything you have to say would be gratefully appreciated. I would love to see them all again, Thank you Niki! The Koa story has her at Laynes place until about 8 days before she passed. For a few years they were madly in love and even got engaged. Date of birth: February 22, 1969 :)), Thanks for this site and sharing so much about your friends. They broke up, in part because she couldn't accept his relentless womanizing. Demri Lara Parrott Murphy (February 22nd 1969 - October 29th 1996) was an American model, artist, and muse, and an amateur actress, girlfriend and later fiance of Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley. If you knew both it is obvious. I know it can be a struggle to help drug addicts. It turns my stomach. If somebody else would have commented it would have showed in my email and somebody didon the 30th thats why I was here. I actually edited my response so I hope you got to read the whole comment I made. Let this be a good story to stop people from picking up for the first time. I had a rule for my comments if more then one link was added to a comment then it would be held for moderation.. this is to stop people from posting spam comments with links to their websites.. He told me that he Although she went to rehab several times, it didn't work to her, and sometimes had to turn to theft and prostitution to get some money for the drugs. She wasn't happy with the suicide ruling and wondered what more there might be to the story. It is heartbreaking the way Layne died and was not found for 2 weeks. To be honest.. Ive never read Demris obituary but wed have to ask the person who wrote it why Rosheen was not mentioned.. maybe they did not want to confuse people? beautiful post, beautiful website and beautiful comment thread . Demri and I share the same birthday. Layne was very true to Demri in his heart, but he related many, many wild touring adventures to me.. For some reason I always thought it would be better to go out with an OD because then it wouldnt be a surprise and maybe my family wouldnt be as upset as they would with a suicide. Unconditional love? I was a weird kid because I liked all different types of music that kids my age didnt like because it was considered uncool. I was a reference for him. I hate the way he made people feel, so worthless and small. They both go through hell, together and apart, but the love they shared keeps them together, not as a couple, but as two people who will never leave one another, no matter what. One Day Ay A Time. It usually has nothing to do with how much they love YOU. Ive really been inspired by a lot of Laynes music, both AIC and Mad Season. I was talking with her daily. His body was found partially decomposed after his manager, Silver received a phone call from his accountant who was worried that there was no withdrawal from his account for about 2 weeks. Bless you, get well, and have a Happy New Year filled with love, happiness, and joy. Then she moved in with Layne because she had nowhere else to go. She was talking to another guy right behind Layne and she was wearing black shirt and shorts. About. Staley erupted, then yelled at him whenever he tried to take more pills. Especially a timeless celebrity like Layne Staley who left behind such a powerful legacy of music that continues to be important to so many people. Also how she would decorate her hospital room with the same. A google search for Demri and Layne brought me here at last. They werent dating at the time, just sharing the apartment. The next time Id run into those people who just meant to try it once would almost always be totally caught up and addicted. Thank you for this enlightening website (I am an AIC fan), but most importantly, thank you for telling the truth about heroin and the catastrophe that follows it, you have done an outstanding job of scaring those who never tried it once, and as a result have saved countless lives, and saved families tragic pain and sorrow. But, over time their addictions developed separately but similarly. Perhaps because her obituary mentions she loved to play in front of the camera, people have a particular hope that a video of her will someday surface. As I approach the 10year anniversary of the day I came home from work ( I bartended at Lindas the iconic dive bar on Seattles Capitol Hill) and discovered my sister dead in our apartment on Denny Ave N. Nobody can understand what a loss of a beloved can take from those left behind if they havent been there. It is around this point he cut her off financially so he was not supporting her addiction. I was devastated when I found out that I missed it. In October of 1996, his fianc Demri Parrott, died as a result of bacterial endocarditis, as she was also a heroin addict. One of his friends told him that hed had an image of Layne trapped in an airplane as it filled with smoke (what a thing to say!) Did pick up the phone for him and speak to John Wayne Gacy and didnt know til I hung up, every place else was an apt. Thanks for your honest opinion when you look at it like that its true im thinking of friends from 16yrs ago and even if someone wrote a book on me that facts are so not lined up with who i really am A lot of creativity! By David de Sola | November 1, 2016 | 0. (Terry McGinnis/WireImage). For all she claimed she wanted to be known as Demri, not Layne's girlfriend, she rode that and took whatever she could from it. Layne dated pornstar Tera Patrick in the 90s (she said so in her biography, she was 17 and worked as a model at the time) and also Simone Starr Farrow, the australian model (and then drug dealer). She had affairs with other men and women, he had his own affairs with women. I heard a lot of nice things about how Layne how he was a very down to earth person but, we need to remember we are all human and we all make mistakes in life. to make him jealous. Haha. They can numb you from all the pain. Laynes riff with Jerry was for telling him he needed to go to rehab and not going himself, hearing Laynes solo music and taking it to the band and borrowing his 8-track and erasing his stuff with Maynard (I dont think Jerry noticed it was on there). Although we miss them dearly, let this be a lesson to us all. Staley's girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott, started shooting smack and Alice in Chains got famous. I just had to say it. I want to protect her from the despair, shame, guilt, pain, and the rest of the feelings that go hand in hand with drug addiction/mental illness. Take care, Layne had told her that if she started using drugs again hed have to make her leave. Thanks for posting that. I happened to know that my Mom.. who I love dearly and means the world to me would have no clue. Thanks again!! But soon he was caught in an inescapable trap that led to his premature death in 2002. But all the while enjoying experiences that you must cherish greatly, I imagine. Layne was like no other. Brown heroin stains led from the bathroom to the living room. 04/05/93|04/05/02 Shane came along and started talking shit about how nobody commented on Oct 29th and I said people have their own lives to live meaning that I dont monitor this site every single day and I have relatives that have died and friends that Ive known personally that have died. pfft, you didn't even fkn know her. We were all rocking the grunge uniform in those early days. I listen to Chloe Dancer and think of how I want my life to be as beautiful as that song. In a few days it will be 24 years since her passing, and Id really love to honour her just by sharing some of the things Ive read about her; good and bad. I visit it often . Demri didnt have money she combed the carpet and started using again. It was hard to tell because as many times as he said it was over, she was still going around town telling everyone that they had gotten married. Writing about my life and the lives of the people I lost and actually having people care enough to read and respond was a HUGE blessing for me. Older more successful groups need to talk to some of the up and coming or simply make a video so that record companies can play it to newly formed groups. His family, bandmates, and manager, Susan Silver reached out to help him but couldnt. JOHNNY BACOLAS I found out Layne was on heroin after the Van Halen tour in 91. Demri and Layne were awesome people who had a fatal disease but that did not make them bad people. Just let them know youll be there when theyre ready to get clean. Starr, after a stint on VH1's "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew" and "Sober House," overdosed on prescription drugs in 2011. Layne is one of my favorite musicians and as soon as I saw and read about Demri, its easy to see why she was loved by so many and still is! In 1996, Staleys life was turned upside down when his former fiance, Demri Lara Parrott, died of a drug overdose and when she passed, so did a bit of Staley. Demri has 3 brothers: Devin Derek Demri Parrott's brother, David, is still alive and kicking. He lived through it, but they were kicked out of the apartment. Random. Sure, that might work for a short while but ultimately addicts need more incentives in their life then how someone else feels and those two things shame and guilt can also completly back fire on family members who always seem to try this route too and it will just cause their addict to go deeper and farther into their addiction and they may begin to isolate themselves emotionally and physically away from the people who made them feel that way because they dont wanna let them down anymore or let them see the disgusting mess they know theyve become.. so theyll just remove themselves from their lives instead.. breaking everyones hearts including their own. I knew she was really On the aspect of her family, Parrott attended a high school in Arlington before moving to the Highschool of Performing Arts in Jacksonville, Florida. I am so sorry that post was so long. Let me just say that its truly a pleasure to meet you here Xana. People are complex and I never knew her but it seems this tribute site exists because she earned it. But in continuing with heroin and coke, she damaged her body more, to the point of no return. He knew that I liked her, and I think she would sometimes use me No that is not true I come here today, Oct 30 to pay my respects because Oct 29th I didnt forget but rather I was being told after fighting cancer for 6 long years that the cancer had returned and given results of my scansit is now in my ovary, uterus, also back into breast and 2 lumps one blocking a duct in the breastso basically I was trying to take in that I dont have much longer to live and what I will need to do as far as my kids, etcbut still within 24hrs I came to pay my respectsjust because someone doesnt post on a site on a certain date doesnt mean that the person is still not remembered. Xana La Fuente, if youre reading this, I just want to tell you that I find you so inspiring too. I just come here to pay my respect to Demri passing anniversary. I dont think you do not know the dimension of your work. She was an amazing person from what I can get, and im sorry for the bad word but f*ck the haters.all jealous people that dont know how to appreciate someone so full of life Demri was! So thats what i have been doing staying clean. And thank you very much for your attention and respect with us fans! Friends report that she was incredibly skinny and her face was sunken in during this time. I have been to many drug places. Its not Angry Chair, its the revised addition, Get Born Again. Mind, I never knew him entirely well and I never saw him do it, but its what people were saying. Demri died in October 1997, and you say that Rosheen died six months later. Prayers are with you at this Holiday time. Your site was the most helpful then, and continues to help those of us wanting to learn more about Layne & Dem. Then, two things changed. By the end, she was living with an older man who bizarrely drove her around unconscious for several hours before getting help. I know exactly what he was feeling like I felt it every day I had to go to work sick or living to get high. By 1998, Staley already seemed on last legs. Tell them you love them every chance you get! Those pictures are breathtaking. It was later revealed that he leaned more toward drugs so much so that he lost the ability to ingest food. Certain parts of this story are definitely true. This may be too personal to ask, but I have been curious. All text content on this website is copyrighted by , DARIN LAMBS GUEST POST ONE OF LAYNE AND DEMRIS BEST FRIENDS AND MY EX-BOYFRIEND, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot0g2SWqnK8, http://grungestorytellers.xanaland.com/2013/02/happy-birthday-demri-crew-guy-recalls.html, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlGZfqQzpvU, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQA98ZTJDTc. 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