I see so many other say this, I feel the same way. I just stumbled upon this website and I really love reading about Demri and Layne and about their time on earth. Makes me wonder whether genius will always, without exceptions, come with an enormous cost. RIP LAYNE RIP MUSIC. Demri Parrott was born on 22 February 1969 in Bremerton, Washington, USA. Her full name at birth was Demri Lara Parrott. 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. 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. Having been an avid fan of grunge for well over 20 years, I had always wondered about those references to Demri in relation to Laynes demise. I never met Demri but I used to rehearse at Naf and played at the Offramp and RCKNDY , so I met Layne, Mike, Sean and Jerry a few times. Your site is beautiful if I were computer literate I wouldve corrected the writer it is nice to set the record straight . Later, as he got deeper into heroin, he almost seemed stooped over and maybe a little bow legged in AICs last concerts in 96. He walks around flipping his hair and trying to hump everything he thinks might have a vagina. It is believed that Layne met Demri sometime in the late 80's or early 1990, as she is thanked . I can see where someone would think it was her if they did not know her personally.. you know how you could pick out your best friends from just a shadow or the back of their head well that is how I am as well and that is not her. Keep us updated on how you are doing. They both deserved better. Please let them know that they are being thought about, and prayed for, and wishes for a Happy Christmas. by someone I never knew. Im sure a lot of people would like to see a video of Demri. I had started working for Sony Records at the time, doing a regional A&R job, and with them being signed to a Sony label, it was a little bit awkward for both us. I never met Demri but I used to rehearse at Naf and played at the Offramp and RCKNDY , so I met Layne, Mike, Sean and Jerry a few times. Their children. Demri Parrott was an American model. I can understand that to a degree, but we were pals, and I wasnt gonna She had open heart surgery and had a pig valve and pacemaker inserted in her heart in 1994. In October of 1996, his fianc Demri Parrott, died as a result of bacterial endocarditis, as she was also a heroin addict. 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? I just was smitten with Xana. I also have been a person who had/has major responsibilities and grew up in a household where I was the adult and my parents were the kids and I started numbing myself and on the slow suicide. Staley couldn't bring himself to join Cantrell on stage after being asked, and a photo taken of him backstage is the last image of the singer before his death. Demri and I share the same birthday. Her religion is listed as Christian. She also has Demris engagement ring that Layne gave her. He is artistic, plays the drums and guitar, he has natural talent. . This is in response to what Liz said about Layne and Kurt, were they good friends? Jerry is one of the best melody writers ever, and Layne was a virtuoso vocalist and obviously his lyrics resonate with so many people. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. Would anynof those be from 95 or 96 ? She was apparently very chatty, witty and loud. But I will say this: Jerry saw this coming. There was nothing about her that was so special that it would have stood out all on its own. We welcome your contributions so please create an account if you would like to collaborate with other editor's in helping to shape this website. They were eventually engaged to be married. 2). Hope to read some more posts soon. I just come here to pay my respect to Demri passing anniversary. This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Beautiful, dedication, Demri, Demri Parrot, Picture, Pictures, Rest in Peace. She didnt ask me, she didnt care. Thats probably the biggest lesson her legacy has taught me. Great work and it happens faster than you know and very few actually survive this mistake. Living your life not feeling happy is not the way you were meant to live. I hope this made sense I just typed it at 5 a.m. Night world! Mothers Love. Just saying that Demri could have done so much more. We loved our friends and they dropped like flies around us one after the otherwe thought we could control it.. they thought they could live forever.. 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. I guess there is so little real information out there, so these kinds of stories become defacto fact. I feel a very strange connection to him, like I can almost remember bits and pieces of his life through my own eyes. I hope this doesnt sound silly, but I pray to Andrew and Demri sometimes. They both died alone, I know Demris mother and Aunt were with her, but in truth, everyone dies alone. 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. She showed me her belly button, and she goes, Look, I can make a cats butt! Anyway sorry I could not be more helpful. I know Mrs. Austin has lost more than Demri, may God Bless her, and Laynes mom has a grandchild, or grandchildren, by now. Risk factors include intravenous drug use). Was it the pressure she felt? Who was more self conscience than Layne esp. It is not worth experimenting with. There is a thin line between being a friend and being a parent. And there used to be a girl in my life who reminds me of Demri a lot. Im a long time AIC fan and think Layne was the most underrated ARTIST of our time. I dont know what happened after 99. She stumples out to the car and passes out (O.D.s duh!). All the pain and suffering when their lives could have been filled with so much love and happiness. http://grungestorytellers.xanaland.com/2013/02/happy-birthday-demri-crew-guy-recalls.html. Alice in Chains was opening for Van Halen on tour in 1991 when Staley, prompted by Parrott,. Thats what all 4 of my friends whose lifes are over would tell you all who are hear reading this. I pray that you have lots and lots of time left with no pain. You could say that I believe in alternative medicine, have you heard about the raw vegan/ vegan movement? Layne would visit her often in hospital, and even flew from Germany to Seattle to attend an intervention that her friends and family arranged after their break-up. Although I know that my parents did the best they could, I want more for her and never want her to feel how I have so many time. Im grateful to be 19 years clean and sober and also I stopped before my body got thrashed ( although coke alcohol and pot were my drugs of choice, not heroin). And Layne tried it, and he said that was the first time he really thanked God. I needed to get back to work and Id drive them crazy getting up every couple hours and putting my ears to their mouth to make sure they were breathing. Your site was the most helpful then, and continues to help those of us wanting to learn more about Layne & Dem. Alice in Chains manager Susan Silver told journalist Greg Prato in his book Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music that she was the one who went to Laynes apartment to tell him that Demri had died. I pray every day that he does not experiment with H, because I know that he will not come back from that. It is so scary and so serious. if you knew what junkies were like you wouldn't be romantising this shite. and a life without it again can seems totally unrealistic and near impossible to ALOT of addicts if not all and that may sound stupid, heartless of them but most addicts Ive known are also the most sensitive, loving, non-judgmental and wisest people Ive known. Jessica I am so sorry for your loss. Regardless, they were engaged for a short time. 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. It took me a long time to figure out what to write here, but I felt compelled to say something. Demri never moved in. Just not interested in other peoples opinions or stories, they bore me. Genealogy for Demri Lara Parrott (1969 - 1996) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. And I agree, no one should die the way he did, junkie or not. You know what he was like? Given the seriousness of why you were there you thought she would be upset and she was glad to have you there and her gone. That's what Layne is for me. I know this is an old ass post and comment but I agree, this post is weird as fuck. I stumbled across it by chance. Take care, Historical records matching Demri Parrott 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? 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. If boundaries are established upfront, some of these issues can be avoided. Im telling you: Demri was here last night. Demris mother, Kathleen Austin, heard this story from Starr after Laynes death and relayed the story to David de Sola (and it was corroborated by musician Jason Buttino). Demri died in October 1997, and you say that Rosheen died six months later. Look at her smile, too. His last photos were published five years before his death in 1997 when he won Grammy Awards. Know that you are loved, and that we all care about you. I think there are clues around us every day of something more and that when we die were NOT gone forever so I will continue to believe that something happens I just dont know what it is yet. Blessings from Iceland. But she went one way for love, he another. 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. Sounds like you are happy and settled now with your beautiful familyhave a good weekend xx, Barbara, More about Demri Parrott edit Dating History # Rosheen Raugi You have enough money, you can go buy a cottage on the beach and be there with Demriwho was also very artisticand you can go and create whatever art you want., DAVID DUET Layne and Demri had kind of an open relationship. Then she moved in with Layne because she had nowhere else to go. I wish that Barcolas hadnt moved out. And what does Jerrys songwriting abilities have to do with him being an asshole? You are not invincible and you cant just experiment with Heroin. I remember sitting in my room in Iceland in the early 90s, listening to all the grunge bands thinking Man..Id like to be able to live in the smack dab middle of all this madness, be chilling in Seattle with likeminded folks. Mad Season released only one album, Above, in March 1995. The statistic for heroin addicts who get clean and stay clean are actually depressing and shocking. I started to dislike him then. She, like Layne, was very generous. Demri didnt wear glasses like that girl. The surgery went good..(tryin to hurry) after surgery i got on suboxone n was doing really good for 6 months. I dont think that her and Layne had a healthy relationship and I dont think it should be idealised. 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?? No need to rant on that. They seemed happy in most of the photos taken of them back when they were together. 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.. It will take a different catalyst for every addict to finally take that leap off the cliff and get helpsome will need to be love bombed, some will need tough love jail is not the answer but ALL will need the help of people who understand them and wont judge them and a very strong and loving support system, also time away from their old friends, sometimes family and the places theyve used in is crucial and they all need to want it at least enough to try it one day and then hopefully one more day and they will need to learn new tools to cope with their new reality and how to live their new life clean without the old faithful emotional and physical buffer of opiates. It is even hard this far out but so freeingI have terminal cancer and if I could I would have love to have given your daughter whatever it was in me to make this happen so she could be here with you Addiction is a disease and one we need to address in this country very seriously without all the judgementWe shall just pray for all the negative talk out there if there is and the ironic thing is that it is those that judge other addicts that will discover it is in their own family! I just wanted to share that with you and everyone else on here. I know that this might sound discouraging for the addicts whose reading this but if theyre heroin addicts then they already know the harsh truth. Very little is known of Demri Parrott, except that she was practically worshiped by her fianc, Layne Staley. I am so sorry for Kathleen (Ds mom) to have lost her children like this. 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. The next time Id run into those people who just meant to try it once would almost always be totally caught up and addicted. I know thats super personal n i thought i remember Barbara saying she didnt know specifics on what exactly happened. Demri did NOT get Layne into heroin. Demri Parrott (born Demri Lara Murphy on February 22nd 1969 - d. October 29th 1996) was the love of Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley's life. 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. 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. I often think what could have been if he just got clean, what kind of music hed be writing? It usually has nothing to do with how much they love YOU. Layne Staley believed that the ghost of Demri visited him just days before his April 2002 death. I got it all and you speak 100% the truth. It was supposed to be their clean and healthy place and after Ward. She met Layne when she was eighteen or nineteen, and its reported that it was love at first sight. Beautiful memorial and thank you Kathleen..it truly means a lot to those of us who hold them dear to our hearts. Not a day goes by when I dont think of the both of them. I struggle everyday to not use heroin. <3, Hi Barb I needed to reach out to one of Demris friends. She went out one night with the new bf of hers and she had shot heroin before they left. Anyway, Im pleased to see others still commenting in these threads. She was really sweet and really cool. Wed hide and they would sit on the porch for hours to the point Demri almost got evicted so she let them in. I started writing about her online about 12 years ago now and some of the pictures I posted can still be seen floating around online like the one of them kissing taped to my wall or the black and white ones of her in the coat and hat.. all print outs I received from Darin from her memorial. 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. xx. Apparently, he found that lasting love with Dem or did he? 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. If you go onto Facebook you will find a number of groups dedicated to the memory of Layne. 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. Layla, Ummmm people still have lives to live sir, No need to apologizeIt just shows you careI was just giving you another way to think of it but not like the person behind me answeredsaying others have lives to live etcthat is selfish and narcissistic as you know what! Layne picked it out for her because of the gardens. Soon I heard he had passed on. PS: Sorry for my bad english, hopefully my words have been understood. Hey would call her to be around him and of course she would eventually relaps and hed kick her to the curb. Her memorial service took place on November 2 at Neighborhood Christian Center, and donations were made to Harborview Adult Medicine Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation, Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. Aalsteinn, Hi Xana! 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. After her passing, Layne looked after him. but I wanted to make a note on the message posted by D but written by koa know that runs online for about 8 years I know for sure because we put the message in alternativegrunge forum in Italy .. Marilyn Monroe. She also refused to take Laynes money, and had to make her own money herself. But if it was Amber Feranno who said someone else made that hat, I am really confused, I talk to her often enough and she knows I designed and made ALL of Andys hats and clothing. Oh lord, the jokes ;D They would go out together and a lot of people thought they were gay. Just how much sense does that make? Friends comment that after Demri died, Layne was put on suicide watch for 24 hours. The second one has just a part of the interview becouse it also has Primus and Tool too, but the image quality is better. The day I met Demri she was wearing them, along with cut-off jeans, and a cardigan shed had since gradeschool (apparently).