He was usin. I agree with you D and Eric, in different things a lot of that just sounds to made up..and even if Jerry is a bit arrogant or has this kind of personality-which Ive read somewhere of him being a bit hard on Layne-it doesnt mean hes not a good personShe paints him like such a BAD GUY! I am good today but I did have to leave Seattle and start a whole new life away from everyone I knew. That is good news. But they were always connected, and when she passed, so did Laynes spirit. They were less like brothers than like a weird married couple. Demri was bisexual, and she was a nudist. I was encouraged even more to see that people actually came here to read it and asked for more. Please if you ever get a chance, write that book. Youth fueled by fame and wealth is even more deadly. When they cancelled the 94 tour it was because Layne was afraid. MRSA has been around for quite some timeI first found out about it back in 1994/95 with some of my first nursing home patients that I transported to the E.R. I think of her all the time, and how our similarities made me feel so much better about myself as a teenager. I was and still am a huge fan of Laynes and AIC, and admired the beautiful Demri. Ive read several places where it said he had braces on his legs to help him walk, but I think that is not true. Full name: Demri Lara Parrott Murphy Date of birth: February 22, 1969 Died: October 29, 1996 Age at death: 27 years old Parents: Kathleen Austin (mother) Dennis Wayne Dougherty (father), Stephen John Parrot (stepfather) Siblings: 4 (Devin C. Remme, Derek J.P. Murphy, David J.M. She was an addict, just like Layne. im not an angel either, no one is, but alchohol is my stupid drug, whish it wasnt so, makes you fat and sick. I know none will be truly right until you and Darrin perhaps right one but for now could you guide me to what you feel is ok?? Yes, families fight, a lot, but in death should not peace be made between everyone? The opposite was true for so many other women in a similar position/relationship in Seattle at that time. Age has shown me that its probably good that I didnt, as Ive never had any sort of chemical dependancy nor drug habits, and been overall successful in my life. . It sucks that NOBODY commented other than the one person but most people are so busy they dont even know its Oct 29th. You lose the internet Susan bc you obviously dont give a shit about other people that have to concentrate on sobriety every day, work a full time job, pay bills, take care of kids, etc. He also thought Damon was spying when it was obvious, no one had to tell. I was there through the 4 year battle and was in the hospital room when my mom had to make the painful dedication to end life support. theres a black and white photo of Layne and a girl who looks like Demri, to me at least. Love everyone? Do you know if you have the first version or the second? Endocarditis is the end result of shooting with dirty needles or sharing them. Your site was the most helpful then, and continues to help those of us wanting to learn more about Layne & Dem. I originally posted feeling pretty down and Im sorry I vented about personal feelings that only tangentially had anything to do with Layne. Haha! It seems like Demri was homeless, staying here and there. Dear Barbara, I wrote this on Darrins page, but Im writing to you again on this one, though they are probably all one and the same. Yes, she was sick from herion, but so was Marilyn. A google search for Demri and Layne brought me here at last. Jerry is one of the best melody writers ever, and Layne was a virtuoso vocalist and obviously his lyrics resonate with so many people. That's what Layne is for me. also if you look up Demri Parrott Dave Hillis, theres a pic of her in not great condition soon before she passed. I know it can cause lots of damage to your body. Then they put out Tripod and yet again Layne would not be able to tour because he was so sick. Please take care if you. I just wish that they both had survived, Layne marrying her, but it seems that she didnt want to get married. I am just curious if this is something Demris mom had to face with her kids, especially since some did get caught in addictions. I have a respectable job and the only way I could keep it was to get right before I went to work and I would spend a 2 week pay check in 3 days and starve for 2 weeks. Best Of Luck to you Ms. Jacqueline from Scotland. Big hugs! She must be a really strong lady. Im all up for experimenting with certain things with responsability but heroine, cocaine, meth and those kind of drugs are out of the question. Most and foremost many people are dying everyday like me and I am talking about how I just found out I am dying and they are such an jerk to come behind me and talk about how they got so much living to do!! Back in 93 early 94 Layne was seeing this dip**** model who did more harm to him than good. If so, what kind. I wish they had suboxone and subutex available then instead of methadone clinics, I think it wouldve been easier on them. Mara one of Dems good friends name was Mara! He is artistic, plays the drums and guitar, he has natural talent. On the slim chance you ever read this, just know that even in 2017 there are people who still cherish the GOOD memories of that time, way back in the day when grunge was still in its innocenceto this day I get chills listening to AiC, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone. It was never about, How are we going to prop him up to get him on a tour? I had this conversation with Layne over and over and over after the success of Facelift: Your health is the most important thing. Life is one thing after another, with drugs more so. Layne and Demri's relationship made me come to terms with the fact that some people in your life will just drill a hole in your head and insert themselves there and there's nothing you can do to ever get them out. Tags: She very much held her own identity and path. Demri Lara Parrott Murphy (February 22nd 1969 - October 29th 1996) was an American model, artist, and muse, and an amateur actress, girlfriend and later fiancee of Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley . Also, tf is your point? Best thing people can do is move away from everything you know and everyone you know that makes it easy. Anyways, I would love to hear an update from you, as to how youre doing, and hopefully feeling better. I also like to believe that there is an afterlife where we get to see our loved ones who have passed before us and we get to watch and protect the ones who are still here on earth. Friends report that she was incredibly skinny and her face was sunken in during this time. I guess Im looking at the wrong fb pages. I love you. They were engaged in 1992 but later separated in 1994. Its like someone out there looking for a job and you cant find one but you keep trying and trying but after a while you just give in to the fact that its not going to happen and you stop trying. He really freaked out over Kurt a few months before that. No one had a bad thing to say about her and honestly believe shes in that extreme minority of human beings that are inherently and intrinsically GOOD people. I feel as though we can no longer talk about Layne on any AIC sites and that he is slowely being weened off of all of them..so again & again, thanks, and love hearing your stories. We lost so many friends its no wonder the ones that are left behind like me and Darin.. suffer from PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder) not unlike a war torn vet would but the only difference is people dont see us as heroes we brought this upon ourselvesthe uncontrollable addiction that is .. Heroin. Its been lonely here without him. You are so missed. Anyway sorry I could not be more helpful. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Oct 29th is a day a lot of us who knew and loved Demri will never forget. I know it sounds crazy but Im begging you to check it out. Demris mother, Kathleen Austin got that teddy bear back after being found in the things Layne left after his death. 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. Well I highly recommend it. She was staying with Tom the coke dealer because he had klonapin so she wouldnt have seizures. Barbera & Katherine~I am seeing this as I walk out the door, and will read more later, but I dont know who told you someone else made the blue hat, I made ALL Andys hats. But sometimes feeling it completely is what we need to do. 1st I was not talking to you! It sounds far fetched but then thinking that we just turn off like a light bulb is also way too hard for me to accept. I know its been mentioned she was to keep her distance from the band later on but I thought you might have some fun memories travelling together to see some AIC gigs from earlier in the picture? Xana here, just wanted to let you know the photo of Demri at friends was my photo and taken at my apt in Hollywood, she did not even know the people in the photo, they m,et about 5 min before I took the photo. . I read somewhere that he was still living there during the Mad Season days and then I read somewhere else that he bought another condo in 94. are you Barbara, sure that your friend Rosheen died in 1997? Hope Im making sense. Thank you for that ms. Susan. 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. Id love to hear your take on any of them if you do read them though. Dark features (eyes and hair), long dark hair, Arlington High School, Washington (1984 -1986), Lakewood High School, Arlington, WA (1986). You need to be happy. Not just a story about Layne and Demri. He is still my favorite singer of all time to this day; that will never change I dont think. Personally, I have no idea exactly what happened, but I got a lot of stories. Sorry if I missespelled something, english isnt my primary language. For me, I was blesse dot have been there when it all happened ( Im from L.A. There are also more happy and nice memories here that focus more on the positive aspects! I decided to do a Google search on Demri and I actually found this page which is dedicated to her and Layne it has some poor quality copies of pictures that I actually posted of her like 5 years ago.. It's pretty obvious the person who wrote it didn't know her which became more . Ive really been inspired by a lot of Laynes music, both AIC and Mad Season. Enabling is just as bad as abandoning. Photographer unknown. Ok, thank you Liz! All the pain and suffering when their lives could have been filled with so much love and happiness. Theyd have taken her by the arms, and said, Layne was very true to Demri in his heart, but he related many, many wild touring adventures to me.. She knew him off the drugs and on and had been there from the start. Also I read somewhere that Layne wanted kids of his own is that true? I dont know why I chose here, maybe I need to vent or maybe I just want to share a little bit of the truth as I perceived it. I do think that Demri deserves more appreciation in her own right, though. And actually now seeing how long this thread is and the content I am not interested it at all. Apparently she made friends with some of the elderly people and used to make them laugh. She was also seeing this new guy that her family hadnt met. Hopefully others will not make the same mistakes that so many of us have. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. If I can explain it, in words, in detail then a sober person MIGHT understand. 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 It is such a sad situation. If you'd like to see more pictures of her I recommend these tumblr or facebook sites. But, I dont know of a court that would deny a parent power of attorney if they have a child on the brink of death. 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. I dont think you do not know the dimension of your work. Layne was flipping through the channels and stumbled on the John Edward show Crossing Over, on which a medium claimed to speak to audience members dead relatives. My husband purchased it as a christmas gift for me. I do believe in suboxone if you just use it for a short period and then detox off. It can sneak back in and take over even faster then it did the first time. I recently watched the Andrew Wood documentary and your words had me in floods of tears. ciao sorry for my english I hope to be understood, I wanted to participate more and share with many of you but as I said I do not know the English language, thank you barbara (admin) and his friend Darim you for sharing your stories . I don't know man, you can try to write your own story as much as you want to, but it feels like some people enter this world with a story already written for them. Layne and Demri were certainly worth knowing and there is so little about them out there. Demri was okay with paying half, but not all. Alice In Chains. (1969-1996) model, artist, grunge icon, beautiful soul Not sure why I just havent.. never even held one in my hands or seen one on the shelves. Demri Parrott and Layne Staley were engaged for 2 years. The reason Demri always stood out to me was that was always Demri. But he never said so outright. Wed hide and they would sit on the porch for hours to the point Demri almost got evicted so she let them in. For all the site! It was the other way around. Thats where all the gangrene rumors started. I struggle everyday to not use heroin. But I wound up in Seattle , playing led guitar in the lare eighties and early nineties. Suffice to say that she got the wrong ideas about some things, Layne was hurt by her assumptions and they parted ways for a while. Ive been writing on this website now for at least 4-5 years and before that I would write about my memories on my personal blogs (Divageekdesigns.com and ibdreamy.livejournal.com) when I was missing them or whateverbut those posts got so much attention.. over the years that I finally decided to create a website dedicated to them. But in continuing with heroin and coke, she damaged her body more, to the point of no return. Heroin is a beast of a drug all its own in short or in laymans terms..it ruins your ability to be naturally happy. Demri didnt die till the morning of the 29th, in her mothers arms at the hospital. In 1996, Staley's 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. Layne was tired of it and didnt want to do it anymore, and Jerry became very devious in his words and his actions. I thought that taking drugs is an adventure, that it makes possible to survive such a thing as great artists who are an inspiration to us, but now I know its not an adventure, it is often the road of no return. I know this is an old post but why did you put Demris name in quotes? Thank you so much for sharing your story it means a lot and people who do not understand need to hear it. Hi all. Most heroin addicts who manage to get clean.. will also eventually relapse. Rare pictures show her to be tiny, dark-featured and pretty, with long black hair and dark eyes. If thats true then her story is skewed and should be viewed as such (thats a word of caution to the next intrepid armchair detective who gets this far) Its funny how the internet makes it possible for anyone with curiosity and an active imagination to dig up these stories and become fascinated with the lives of people theyve never met who have passed away. Hey Amber, I know its been awhile since your comment was posted, but do you by any chance happen to know for sure that Layne moved out of the Ward Street house in 93? All information, records, stories, anecdotes, and pictures are welcome. During this year I hadnt heard a thing. Me and some other fans have read nearly everything we could find on Layne and there has not been a mention of any girlfriend except Demri. We talked about how we KNEW that AiC was going to be the biggest band in the world, and she insisted that I tell Layne that, because he didnt believe it coming from his girlfriend. i recently posted this link on another demri question, but check out this site if you want to know about her. to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. It made a toll in her tiny body and doctors knew she wouldnt make it. She didnt ask me, she didnt care. Get over yourself and if you remember to comment then be positive and stop snapping at people. not demri.will try and find the link to the post that says she was not available/she and Layne not together at the time. Who knows why, ours is to respect their will. I made it, but my wife sadly did not. 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. There was no question about that. There are a lot more posts to see just click around. I went to the video and checked and I dont think its Demri because: 1. In October 1996, Staley was deeply shocked by the death of Demri Parrott, the vocalist's long-time girlfriend and fellow drug addict. Anyways, just some comments from me, a no one, to leave for anyone to read, so close to the Christmas holiday. Regardless, you have done great justice to remembering your friends. When he came back from tour he moved back in until the band went down to do Rock in Rio. Hi Barbara, I was just checking in to see if there are any new posts an I noticed your comment about the books. Young, but very sexy. Almost makes me ache (being a parent of two girls already). Have a look see and enjoy! I think she, Nancy, and Mike Starrs mom have been through hell. I had nothing left of them myself so it was like a true gift and to find pictures of my loved ones online. She was constantly on the run..not sure it was running scared but running for sure maybe she was afraid of missing out or just looking for the next thing to stimulate her I have no clue what it was but I definitely could NOT keep up with her and whenever I tried or whoever tried we all would end up just as sick, lost and confused and most of us would tap out. Hes got this Im Jerry Cantrell and youre not sort of attitude. Its hard to have someone understand that you didnt get off the couch all day because you just couldnt get up or because you want to rip the painful gaping hole out of your chest. so thank you again for all this and hope you are well. She was around five feet tall-maybe even shorter-and was stunningly beautiful. And Marilyn had no family to help her, she was alone in all this. When Layne would relapse or even admit to weakness in the last few years that I knew them Jerry would get very patronizing and very smug.