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On October 29, 1996, Staley's former fiancée, Demri Lara Parrott, died of a drug related heart condition. [ 77 ] [ 78 ] Staley was placed on a 24-hour suicide watch, [ 6 ] according to NME , which quoted a friend saying Staley was taking Parrott's death "extremely badly" and had fallen into a deep depression. [ 79 ]
Demri Lara Parrott(February 22, 1969 - October 29, 1996) was best known for her relationship with Layne Staley, the singer of rock band Alice in Chains. Parrott was born in Bremerton, Washington to Kathleen Austin and Dennis Dougherty on February 22, 1969.
Since 2006, the band's lineup has comprised vocalist/guitarists Jerry Cantrell and William DuVall, bassist Mike Inez and drummer Sean Kinney. Vocalist Layne Staley and bassist Mike Starr are former members of the band, having died in 2002 and 2011, respectively.
26 lut 2024 · He periodically resurfaced to work with Alice in Chains — which never officially disbanded — but Staley spent most of his time alone in his Seattle apartment, grappling with addiction and loss. Then, in October 1996, his ex-girlfriend Demri Parrott died of a drug overdose.
Mike Starr was a founding member and the original bass player of Alice in Chains, but according to Rolling Stone, his voracious appetite for drugs became his undoing. By the time the band's second album, the esteemed Dirt, came out, Starr's substance abuse issues were so severe that he and the band went their separate ways.
29 gru 2020 · In 1988, Layne Staley met Demri Lara Parrot, a model who would eventually become a grunge icon. Demri had a look that seemed to define the musical era, beautiful in a small-town way with her bright eyes, round cheeks, and curly hair.
22 sie 2021 · The cover depicts an illustration of Layne and his fiancée, Demri Parrott, with whom he had already ended his engagement.
