I was talking with her daily. Im confused. Beautiful Country, would love to visit. They didnt have it so they ordered one for me and thats what Ive been reading these last couple of weeks. This website is simply amazing, a treasure trove of information for those wanting to go under the surface. *Please watch her video called What the Cancer Industry doesnt want YOU to know and her video called Terminal Brain Cancer Cured On Raw Food. Jerry loved the rock star lifestyle and didnt want to give it up and he was pissed at Layne. Laynes music has always spoke to me and I know a lot of it has to deal with how brutally honest he always was with his struggles. However, I found that things that boost your confidence and self esteem help you stay away from it. 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. When he disappeared from performing, it became almost impossible to find a current photo of him. Was just curious about that. What a hard an painful situation. He started doing this whole big martyred thing in the press Im standing by Layne, even though its making me sufferrrrrrr! but in private he was slipping the knife in. Stills. They both deserved better. I realize this stuff is old news for you guys, but for people who are just coming to this subject (who have a passion to know the truth) the information via comments on this site is vital. She was made weaker by the fact that shed contracted heart problems from the use of dirty and used cotton when she used heroin. If memory serves, her mother was a counselor while Demri was alive. Doesnt mean I want them in my life. She was an addict, just like Layne. 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. In Demris case specific, you are doing an incredible job, because you are brave enough to tell us who was the real and captivating Demri Parrott. Media can put entertainers on the highest pedestals and even encourage the descructive behavior, but drop them like hot potatoes or make matters even worse when the downward spiral goes into overdrive. me too, i wonder what it is about her that's so magnetic! I promised both I would never read it, but the excerps I have seen are ridiculous. I also was a hard core heroin addict and my family and life suffered from it and I honestly did not have the willpower to save my self. She still looked cheerful and pretty Mind, I never knew him entirely well and I never saw him do it, but its what people were saying. She wasnt making a lot of money back then, but she did manage to get a lot of his. I hope it helps you as well. Great to see you on here. God. Do you know if you have the first version or the second? and this: watch?v=LL29f0AehNI And I have a life too. She said take her to Capital Hill to Rehab so he thought he was (per what he told me). Scared of what? I do get it a little but its silly. Layne wants to quit, Demri doesnt, she has developed a fatalistic attitude towards her life. Demri counted on Layne & others to help, & they did. They can numb you from all the pain. Best Of Luck to you Ms. Jacqueline from Scotland. I hope things are getting better for you and if not you hear me and please go get help. If something seems amist, you need to stay on top of the situation or find someone who can. Haha! Makes me wonder whether genius will always, without exceptions, come with an enormous cost. Barbara thanks for putting your heart into this and also for educating people about drugs. The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Bachelor Sister Wives 90 Day Fiance Wife Swap The Amazing Race Australia Married at First Sight The Real Housewives of Dallas My 600-lb Life Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Enabling is just as bad as abandoning. She had open heart surgery and had a pig valve and pacemaker inserted in her heart in 1994. ), Jerry was totally dogging out then. I am an addict and have been for years. What a cute smile!!! It is heartbreaking the way Layne died and was not found for 2 weeks. I love this site and thanks Barbara for all the work you put into it. Hope the families will at some point be more forthcoming as well. I breed dogs, I work in tech support and Im a web designer.. not in a MILLION years would anyone have guessed that about me. A month after I saw her on the bus, she was dead. She has been an extremely impressionable part of my lifeand it warms my heart to see her honored. Demri was passionate about many things and excelled in art and theater. Allowing us insight into lives cut short and giving it all up ugly or beautiful for us to learn. They were engaged in 1992 but later separated in 1994. Not the fake books that have, or will be coming out about them, by authors who have no real knowledge of them. And actually now seeing how long this thread is and the content I am not interested it at all. Darin was there but I wasnt because I was in the process of having my first baby and didnt even know about it until it was too late because I was out of the social loop at the time.. Rare pictures show her to be tiny, dark-featured and pretty, with long black hair and dark eyes. Sorry I really wasnt trying to make this about me just stating that the daily struggle is so hard and it always helps to have those who have been there talk you through it. That was the last public performance that Staley ever did. I try to not let bad things that happen to me in life to drive me to get high. This was probably 91. Moreover, his body's autopsy and toxicology report revealed that Layne was laying two weeks before the police found him in his Seattle condo. She also had a very unique style, and was very popular. Demri died in the hospital with her mother and her aunt right beside her on the morning of Oct 29 around 7:40 a.m. She was unconscious when she was brought in and never woke up again. According to David de Solas book Alice in Chains: The Untold Story, it was love at first sight. I just dont know what happened after 98 99. For me, I was blesse dot have been there when it all happened ( Im from L.A. I know it can cause lots of damage to your body. Thank you for sharing this, I don't care how accurate it was. Thats probably the biggest lesson her legacy has taught me. (Doubtlessly there are some people who were there at these times and knew things differently. Hope to read some more posts soon. Heroin doesnt turn you into an asshole. Same symptoms. If somebody else would have commented it would have showed in my email and somebody didon the 30th thats why I was here. Content on this page is contributed by editors who belong to our editorial community. . Random. Then Jack shared the photos of Demri and Rosheen which made my YEAR! The seduction of heroin is no joke and ANYONE can be its next victim. The Sony people were trying to use me as eyes and ears to report backis he doin drugs? I just had to say it. Hi Susan, my name is Layla and I saw your comment about your cancer situation. I have nooo clue i would never have imagined in a million years Id be doing what Im doing today if I was asked back thenI have 3 kids.. You can tell when theyre lifers. Anyway sorry I could not be more helpful. Thanks for all you are sharing. Would they be right? She had her own connections for buying heroin and she could afford that, but it was LAYNES fault that she got sick b/c he hadnt bought her cotton before he left. For my own sobriety I need to stay away from addicts. She was just honestly sweet and kind to literally everyone around her. Thats all I wanted to say. After a long time of trying to stop and being unsuccessful you willingly succumb to ityou just give up!!! are you Barbara, sure that your friend Rosheen died in 1997? Haha! So that would be nice. I think I would feel much better to write my story which includes them all Mike, Layne, Demri, Rosheen, Darin Tracy.. RCKNDY the Off Ramp The Seattle grunge scene in the early 90s.. now that would be a book that Id like to write. This is in response to what Liz said about Layne and Kurt, were they good friends? I went through and read all the Layne/Demri parts when I first got the book, too. 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. LoveRats 11:31 PM 11-24-2010 Demri Parrott was former ex-girlfriend of singer Layne Staley from Alice in Chains. Im not sure if this message goes to Barbara, or not. She didnt met her biological father and half sister until she was an adult. It changes the chemistry in your brain and you become to where you can not experience joy or happiness with out it and it takes YEARS for your brain to recuperate and those are some pretty sad years where your brain does not function properly. Depends on the person but most would do anything to be all that their families wanted for and from them but addicts can get so far gone and lost that they cant see the light at the end of the heroin tunnel anymore and heroin has become their everything. I was devastated when I found out that I missed it. She was apparently very chatty, witty and loud. 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. Demri was bisexual, and she was a nudist. Oh man, the Koa story. Thank you so much for allowing me to be a remote part of the scene, 25 years later! I watched so many people either die or just become such a broken mess they probably wish they were dead. I remember looking out your window at the docks one time while you were on the computer, and I was making you listen to some stupid old song because I thought it was cool. Demri Parrott (demrilaraparrott) on Myspace Demri Parrott I dont know anything about him other than that he dumped her at the Emergency Room and disappeared. But I guess no matter how sick she was during her last year- she was still beautiful for sure, on the outside and on the inside. He always kept saying that he had slipped. Most of what everyone heard then was nonsense. I try to study the different religions, lead a good life, treat others like I want to be treated and reach out to others who need it. And then shortly after that, their whole sound changed cause they got introduced to the scene and Susan Silver. Thanks for this site. Most of her friends describe her as a very sweet and beautiful person, kind, peaceful and artistic. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Regarding kids I think Layne wanted to have a family. What a true tragedy heroin addiction is. Its so sad that two talented people lost their innocent lives to the demons of drugs. That means 13 times she was clean. Demri was sweet and helpful and fun. Layne not accepting this, but hes starting to feel the pain also. Later into the night i got worse and my organs started shutting down. How did her kids get so involved with drugs and addiction? I think about 95% of it had to do with shame over what he had become. I know this because Layne called me to make sure I was checking on her so I was around a lot. But I wound up in Seattle , playing led guitar in the lare eighties and early nineties. Prayers. It was drilled into him how his life and career would be over if she OD on his watch so he was afraid to have her around if she was using. A good portion of the stories accessible on the internet seem to take place around the release of Facelift, gathering info about the later years in much harder. Christy the drug dealer lived behind the QFC and so did Paris. At the time of her death, she was clean, but for her last hours, she was at a friends house, who took her to Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland, Washington, and recognized too late that she wasnt doing well on the pills shed ingested. Rosheen was clean at the time and doing awesome.. but then she relapsed and on June 19th 1997 she passed awayshe was only 22 years old. Remember life is short and so special..love your loved ones today because we might not have a tomorrow. What happened with that book, he had a really good chronological order of things. Im sure a lot of people would like to see a video of Demri. She attended high school at Arlington High School, Washington (1984 -1986). Grief takes time. So we run back to the thing that we thought made us happy again and then after a while that does not even work anymore. Once he moved to that place, I didnt talk to him. She was wicked to him but Layne was being a dumb kid and he just wanted to date a model, he said so himself when it was over. I know they seem crazy and all, but I have heard peoples stories on YouTube about how veganism, particularly the type that involves mostly raw fruits (unprocessed raw produce is key) changed their lives. Movie posters. They werent dating at the time, just sharing the apartment. and Layne almost backed out then, but the others talked him into it. so thank you again for all this and hope you are well. Anway hope you continue to find this website informative and fun to visit. For life. Its extremely heartbreaking. I think of her all the time, and how our similarities made me feel so much better about myself as a teenager. Hadnt seen that one in a while,its been around forever. He had his cats and a nice place to live and his art and his hobbies. 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. Need to search harder for the better ones. A fascinating existence to say the least. He is still my favorite singer of all time to this day; that will never change I dont think. She is such a facinating person and it will be almost surreal to see her on video. I think a book about your life that includes your friends and remembers them would be lovely. Alice In Chains. Ughhh, whats the need? For those of you who don't know, Layne Staley, the singer of Alice in Chains, was in the long time relationship with Demri Lara Parrot who sadly died in 1996 from drug overdose. Every addict Ive read about has said the same thing. I bumped into this web site and it was a very nice memorial for Layne and Demri. Those pictures are breathtaking. Theyre both special persons in their own right, and both should be acknowledged as such. In short, you loose the will to live and probably have lost your soul wayyy before this point. Your site was the most helpful then, and continues to help those of us wanting to learn more about Layne & Dem. I left Seattle because I was very stupidly stuck on Layne and I knew that probably nothing was going to come of it. Oh lord, the jokes ;D They would go out together and a lot of people thought they were gay. The Print Shop is open! It took me a long time to figure out what to write here, but I felt compelled to say something. Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell took care of the cat Sadie when Layne died. I can understand as well as empathize with Layne, Demri, and all addicts that have been seduced by a drug that seems so good at first. It has been very therapeutic for me over the years and it has helped to keep Demris memory alive and has introduced her name to so many who never knew who she was which was my original goal. She moved around to different high schools in the 1980s. Rosheen and Demri RIP Rosheen Raugi June 19th 1997 Rosheen was my best friend. Addiction to herion, several heart operations leading to a pig valve heart as the last resort for survival, my own mother would have given up on me & say, You deserve to die. In contrast, Demris mother supported her through all the hospital stays, and was there for her in the end. I am not saying Rachel is a bad person, prior to this I thought she was a hat maker genious, but it was at the very least odd because they werent friends, but Demri always the gracious host even on her deathbed. Hey everyone, im a long time lurker but never have posted not sure why. Pictorials. He loved Layne more than anything, I think even more than Courtney sometimes (Courtney as you all know was Jerrys on off gf.) I struggle everyday to not use heroin. We will met them (again) and all together we will party and laught up avobe someday. They were engaged to marry on 1992. Also there is a pretty controversial youtuber whos channel is Freelee the Banana Girl, and she does cuss a lot lol, but her videos can definitely help. Jessica, not sure if you will get this its been awhile since you wrote it but I dont update this site very often anymore. 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. Did she have a license? That being said im not a crazed obsessed fan but I am aware of Demri and read her story through Barbara and Darin about 10 years ago right after my heroin addiction started. You have to completely get away from your environment you used in like the whole city you gotta find all new friends and you need to want it more then anything else!! Id love to hear your take on any of them if you do read them though. It is such a sad situation. Demri was passionate about many things and excelled in art and theater. The surgeon wants me to prove ive been clean for 9 months before she will do it. Their legacy should be used in the context of learning. They both were on a downward spiral without a safety net. Not just to your soul and family but to your body in general. Buy photos from select Flickr photographers I know I will personally miss Demri as long as I live but today marks the day that Demri was taken from us ALL forever. Demri Lara Parrott Murphy (February 22nd 1969 - October 29th 1996) was an American model, artist, and muse, and an amateur actress, . I never told anyone that I knew you and you used to tell me dont let it bother you. ! But she probably would have wriggled free, and shouted, F you! My life is my own! My daughter was actually a big reason why I fell into darkness because her mom was making my life miserable and it made me feel absolutely worthless and then I would get high bc then I wouldnt think about it. I found this online, in case some of you havens seen it before. Dating seems illogical. They went down to QFC and he asked her to wait in the car while he ran into the store to buy a few things. I was and still am a huge fan of Laynes and AIC, and admired the beautiful Demri. She is not, as widely but wrongly believed, the woman on the cover of Alice in Chainss album Dirt, released on September 29, 1992, that is model and actress Mariah O'Brien. It was just so shocking and upsetting. 17 talking about this. 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 . He had someone call a psychic for him to make sure that he would be okay. They started dating around spring or summer that year. i recently posted this link on another demri question, but check out this site if you want to know about her. The rest Yes, Jerry had a coke problem. I just came across this site, and Im stilled to my core by the haunting beauty in these photos and the story of Demri and Layne, and so many others in her world. I too adore the photo of Demri on the couch, didnt she have the prettiest, most elegant little hands?! I was anonymous when I knew Layne and there were lots of reasons for that. We never celebrated my birthday so she wanted to be clean so we could which was on the 28th. Or they try to do 3x what they usually do or something stupid like that. I tried to tell myself its all in my head and that it would get better but no matter what the drug strips you of your ability to compromise and feelings about how things affect others. It is not that great. Also I do know Rachel was trying to be there for Layne after Demri died and he did let her but he said not romantically. Addicts in your life should never be seen as selfish assholes.. most are actually just broken and sad and while they may come off as being selfish because they wont get clean for you most are just not equipped to know HOW to get clean or are too scared to try. I started our just doing it because it made me feel energized to create my own music as well as to work. 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. Stay blessed, Xana. Nice she was, but not very independent. He didnt seem to want to do it because he had a bad feeling about it. Id last about 3 days. I love it. Laura. Hes a different person on coke. I dont think you can get shorter from heroin abuse Im not sure though, from what I know the only way to actually get shorter is from getting old, and thats because you will slowly lose the cephalorraquid liquid thats between every vertebra (I dont know how to say that in english lol, the vertebras are the little bones that form the column), but maybe affected his posture like you said Liz still there are a whole bunch of other side and long term effects, Ive read that heroin is the most addictive opiate right after desomorphine (its like heroin little cousin only nastier), and its getting pretty big un Rusia, Ucrain, and starting to come to my country, too. I have been to many drug places. That particular photo has never been made public and . 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). I have never known Mike to lie and I knew him a long time. I completely understand this, and I dont expect that everyone should like her, nor do I wish to make her into an angel or saint; she wasnt. Im just happy more people came out and started to share pictures of her. What a joyful presence she must have been, all the while carrying and apparently, practising some horrible habits. 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. On drugs and needing the klonapin I am sure she didnt discourage his feelings but more so she didnt want to hurt his feelings. 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. He lived through it, but they were kicked out of the apartment. Ill try to sum this up as much as i can. anyhow I guess its possible that he dated someone else for a short time in between but everybody knows that heroin addicts have major issues with impotency so its not like he was gonna be grinding away with someone else. I would love to see them all again, Thank you Niki! Its a terrible disease and I have seen so many patients that I treated and transported from the streets of Detroit that had it from shooting up. I was with Demri most of 96 up until I went in the Hospital Oct.14. Happy to hear youve enjoyed it. Yes, families fight, a lot, but in death should not peace be made between everyone? Was it a physical predisposition to everything out there? Anniversary of Dems passing & a note from her Mom, Darin Lamb One of Layne Staleys Best Friends. It is heartbreaking and doesnt seem fair. We would all just hang out and go to shows and play around. Hi Barbara, I was just checking in to see if there are any new posts an I noticed your comment about the books. Someone asked for a video of Demrigot this from youtube its Demri and Layne singing together hope this helps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQA98ZTJDTc. Then my dad died n i lost it. Look at her smile, too. She must be a really strong lady. Jerry did do some heroin but he was all about coke, girls, money and fame. Demri Parrott was an American model. The fabric alone I spent thousands on which in the 80s is a lot, considering everyone else in that scene was flat broke. I am just curious if this is something Demris mom had to face with her kids, especially since some did get caught in addictions. Jessica I am so sorry for your loss. Murphy, and Christa Dougherty (step-sister)) Nationality: American Nothing would have made her happier than to know her name will forever be attached to Layne's memory. So thanks for always showing us the best of Demri! Sadly, another member of the 27 Club, Press J to jump to the feed. Some people say that, on tour, Layne ran out of coke, and Demri went looking but found Herion instead. You were making fun of it and you crooned the line you are so superduper bravissimo to me like the big goofball that you were. Rare photo of Demri Parrott & Layne Staley from a photo shoot they did together. For Layne to die was just sad and wrong, but for him to die alone was just an abomination. Layne was trying to quit EVERYthing at this time (he even attempted quitting smoking) and Sean was still bringing pot around everytime they would get together. Ive been thinking a lot lately about Andrew, Demri, Layne etc, because Im currently waiting for a bed to open up at a detox facility to hopefully help me kick this awful ten-year addiction to painkillers. It is a horrible existence. My nickname growing up was AD so if it was shortened by her she would call herself little D. Dont know unless she was doing a rap thing if she did that with others but do remember her correcting people who did say Dem, not Demri even to me. Thank you for sharing, although I dont know if you revealed way too many private details. But why? He drove around town for a while after that not even aware that Demri was dying in the passenger seat. Once Kurt gave Layne a ride somewhere and talked about his daughter Frances and Layne said that he was so excited about her. End of june..i start getting sick again. Demri had a cat, Sadie. Just let them know youll be there when theyre ready to get clean. Thank you and I am sorry too just been very emotional lately with all going onno disrespect to this wonderful page or people. What makes it better though is knowing that Layne and Demri, and her friend, Rosheen, are all together now, in each others company, waiting to reunite with the rest of their loved ones in eternity some day. I will pray for peace and healing for you and youre children. Many people looked after her, while Layne was on tour. It wasnt a blatant thing, but it was definitely implied a couple of times that they wanted to know how he was.
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