Things were mellow, Layne was doing really well. Like you said Barbara some things sound partially right. She is thanked in the liner notes of Facelift, which was released on August 1990. Frank Micelotta/Getty. and Layne almost backed out then, but the others talked him into it. Gah, Mike Starr was a weird one. Anyway, Im pleased to see others still commenting in these threads. Hot! At 26 she was wearing a pacemaker. 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. You know that feeling you get throughout your body when you accomplish a goal and you are gratified? I relapsed and used from april to june of 18. We all know parts of things, combined it all might make sense one day huh? I have never been in that position so Im sure its not nearly that easy. I bring it up also because I know her family would prefer it be used that way. Again, another puzzle piece that helps to clarify who these wonderfully talented, beautiful, yet flawed human beings really were. One Day Ay A Time. He wanted a teddy bear that Demri Lara Parrott had and who had stayed with her at the hospital.. if she had no association with Layne Staley you wouldn't give a fuck about her. Chris Cornells recent death triggered something in me and Ive spent days reading through this site among others. From then on, he said, he just wanted to do art and make music for his friends. There was nothing about her that was so special that it would have stood out all on its own. Thanks for setting the record when it needs to beK, COMMENT LEFT ON ORIGINAL POST: DARIN LAMBS GUEST POST ONE OF LAYNE AND DEMRIS BEST FRIENDS AND MY EX-BOYFRIEND, On this anniversary of Dems passing I just want to thank all of you especially you Barbara, Darin and Fabiola for making these bittersweet days a little brighter.when I am aching and missing her I can come here, .Perhaps my niece will write about Dems life it seems some folks are interested.but Ill need you guys for those times.we were so close as you knowthe misinformation and assumptions out there just doesnt get itthanks for truthlove you kathleen, COMMENT LEFT ON ORIGINAL POST: DARINS GUEST POST COMMENTS. Her true fans have compassion. Hi Barbara, I was just checking in to see if there are any new posts an I noticed your comment about the books. According to Tom he drove out to Fred Meyer past Wedgewood where Demri spent half the summer (before moving into Juliets) and he went shopping. It sucks that NOBODY commented other than the one person but most people are so busy they dont even know its Oct 29th. They started dating around spring or summer that year. They began dating a short time after they saw each other. Currently you have JavaScript disabled. Dear Barbara, thanks so so much for this post. Thanks for the reply. When did you lose hope, though? Or did others drive her to where she needed to go? Which makes the seductive drugs become even more powerful. Would love to hear & read your insights on them. But hes right here with us now on the fire place! when the crew were dealers too. Demri in 1996 and Layne in 2002. How did Demri Lara Parrott died? - Heimduo She stumples out to the car and passes out (O.D.s duh!). How did her kids get so involved with drugs and addiction? Sometimes, we forget that they are people too. Your site was the most helpful then, and continues to help those of us wanting to learn more about Layne & Dem. I know many Alice In Chains fans dislike her because she got Layne into heroin. Then again, all the dealers would come to his house anyway, because, hey, he was Layne Staley. She and Layne, and Rosheen, Mike and all the friends are together and laughing, having fun and taking care of us. The website will forever live on my server for those seeking to learn a little more. I was with Demri most of 96 up until I went in the Hospital Oct.14. Theres a youtuber named Kristina who has a channel called FullyRawKristina who makes videos about raw veganism, even though a lot of her videos are receipe videos which may be high in fat and should not be eaten too often of they have a lot of fat, but her videos are a place to start. I know that at least some of it is true, First of all, please forgive my anonymity. thank you for you time keep up the good work for these beautiful magic souls you keep alive. then announces the song say hello to heaven. I was talking with her daily. I think she, Nancy, and Mike Starrs mom have been through hell. Staley and Parrott met in 1988 while she was working at a store called Saturdays. Demri didnt have money she combed the carpet and started using again. Demri died in oct 1996 and Rosheen died in 1997. You know what he was like? At the time of her death she had already had a pacemaker implanted due to the damage caused by using dirty needles to inject heroine. Beautiful Country, would love to visit. Boredom plays a role and if your a recovering addict you have to keep yourself busy. I went to the video and checked and I dont think its Demri because: 1. ITS NOT A GLAMOROUS DRUG AND ITS NOT SOME MYSTERIOUS ROCK STAR SHIT. Not trying to get anything out of you, no anger, but if what you say is true, and I believe you, Rosheen wouldve passed in April 1998. I guess Im looking at the wrong fb pages. I dont know how it is nowadays though. Get help for yourself from someone whose been there or a professional and they can help you learn how to handle your specific situation better. . Prayers are with you at this Holiday time. 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. Take care!! Drugs are not fun, and will never try again. 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!) But, when you have someone over 6ft tall and weighing under 90 lbs, its time to step in. Chris Cornell talks about mikes shirt etc. But she went one way for love, he another. Yes, families fight, a lot, but in death should not peace be made between everyone? Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Not to mention the way she speaks about Jerry Lets not forget that the guy wrote (and still writes) most of the beautiful and haunting AIC music. Demri was born in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, in the United States of America's Pacific Northwest. Austin got that bear back after it was found in Layne's. Again not blaming if we knew then what we know now. Again Thank you so much for sharing your story it is important that we all share our stories with each other openly and honestly so another person does not fall into the same trap. Hopefully others will not make the same mistakes that so many of us have. As her mother, when I am missing her most all I have to do is google..I am so happy you made it, I tried to direct Rosheens Mother Tina to your site but she didnt get it so I will continue to try. Its sad because most society cant look past ones addiction to drugs although we all have some weakness or do something that would be frowned upon & even if one was perfect its still not right. FULL FILM: https://youtu.be/qMlLfrU5fjsAlice in Chains lineup throughout the Layne Staley era consisted of Layne Staley (87 - 98), Jerry Cantre. Its kinda surreal to read some of these stories from people who were actually there. Drugs make you paranoid. Magazine pics. Demri_Parrott_Photos - reddit.com But not in a slutty way. 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. The opposite was true for so many other women in a similar position/relationship in Seattle at that time. Layne Staley - Wikipedia 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. It is believed that Layne met Demri sometime in the late 80's or early 1990, as she is thanked . What happened with that book, he had a really good chronological order of things. I remember also reading that Layne took Andys death badly. She was staying with Tom the coke dealer because he had klonapin so she wouldnt have seizures. For life. 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. It tries to steal your life and the sparkle or energy that flows within us all. Its just a bunch of musicians talking about the music scene in the Seattle and surrounding areas.Theres a tiny bit about Demri in it. I have fell of the wagon a couple of times because I will wait for an excuse to do it. Barbara Christy the drug dealer lived behind the QFC and so did Paris. Layne Staley died aged 34 on April 5, 2002 due to an overdose, and his funeral was held at the same place he intended to marry Demri, Kiana Lodge on Bainbridge Island. 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. Theyd have taken her by the arms, and said, and this: watch?v=LL29f0AehNI Question: Did Demri ever drive a car? "he would never talk badly about her and apparently it was the same with her. I see a lot of conjecture and guessing about the nature of these relationships and its bugged me for years. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Im sure a lot of people would like to see a video of Demri. Thats probably the biggest lesson her legacy has taught me. 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. You can tell when theyre lifers. Some people say that, on tour, Layne ran out of coke, and Demri went looking but found Herion instead. You need to get well. Hey would call her to be around him and of course she would eventually relaps and hed kick her to the curb. 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. Thanks for all you are sharing. However, their addictions caused damage to the relationship and they broke off their engagement. Demri did NOT get Layne into heroin. I have wanted the book for years, but could not see me spending $200+ for a paperback book. Wed hide and they would sit on the porch for hours to the point Demri almost got evicted so she let them in. A place for Demri's fans to meet and discuss what little information we can gather on her. No problem.. That was her. She would have made it clear when she was in a better place to do so, not while one is kicking. 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. Id last about 3 days. Anyways, I can imagine what Layne and his girl were going through when people you thought were your friends are either with you or against you and the others are there because your famous and providing whatever you need. One story has Demri trying to kick drugs & dating a coke dealer in the final days of her life. Ive read several places where it said he had braces on his legs to help him walk, but I think that is not true. 1). 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. (Back then we were still afraid of Aids and stuff and I dont mean Layne and Demri but others that came over. It was supposed to be their clean and healthy place and after Ward. Thank you for sharing this, I don't care how accurate it was. i recently posted this link on another demri question, but check out this site if you want to know about her. I hope so. People are complex and I never knew her but it seems this tribute site exists because she earned it. He really freaked out over Kurt a few months before that. 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. Demri DID die of an overdose after not using for a short while,,,,She battled endocarditis for over 2 years which the doctors informed my family they were unable to kill (Ive often wondered if it was MRSA before it had a name,) She had a heart valve repaired and another replaced and the pacemaker implanted age 26. Demri Lara Parrott, 27, of Bremerton died Oct. 29, 1996, at Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland. They were both so beautiful in their own weird way. She was apparently very chatty, witty and loud. Big hugs! You do that on your own! Layne Staley died on April 5, 2002 due to an overdose. My mother overdosed and died 2 years before Layne. People around the world come here to share informations and curiosities and read stories about people you love so much. 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 Look at her smile, too. I know youve lost several, so hard to take, but your only daughter was trying to teach unconditional love for everyone. Demri had the help of her family and Layne, not something to ignore. She was also seeing this new guy that her family hadnt met. I visit it often . Demri Parrott was born on 22 February 1969 in Bremerton, Washington, USA. I hope it helps you as well. Blessings to each of you! Barbara thanks for putting your heart into this and also for educating people about drugs. I never told anyone that I knew you and you used to tell me dont let it bother you. I wish I didnt wait so long to return.but life gets in the way. Risk factors include intravenous drug use). Haha! Now whether or not Layne ever knew just how much I liked him, I dont know, but Demri knew. Do you know that the book about Mike Starr on Amazon is like $100 bucks? 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. She met musician Layne Staley of Alice in Chains at a store called Saturdays where she was working, in 1988. Her full name at birth was Demri Lara Parrott. 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. From what Ive read, she was disliked by many people in Laynes life (and vice versa) because they viewed her as a bad influence, and she knew this. She had been clean for a little while before she went in and shot heroin with that guy she was dating. (1969-1996) model, artist, grunge icon, beautiful soul I watched so many people either die or just become such a broken mess they probably wish they were dead. 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. Keep us updated on how you are doing. 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. Her smile, always sincere, always beautiful show who she was and how she was. Every parent wants their child to grow up healthy and successful. I also want to be straight up about why Demri, Layne, Rosheen and Mike are gone now theyre stories should never be romanticized. 42 pictures of Demri Parrott. Barbara couldnt answer that either, and I thank her for her response on a previous post. RIP Demri and Layne. Because that is not my story it is theirs.. even if I was a part of their story and they a part of mine. The Sony people were trying to use me as eyes and ears to report backis he doin drugs? They didnt have it so they ordered one for me and thats what Ive been reading these last couple of weeks. See at 2:32 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot0g2SWqnK8 there are two girls. 1st I was not talking to you! A lot of creativity! Both Layne and Dem were very attractive individuals with a fan base. Build your family tree online . Theres an interview with AIC from 1999 on RockLine (Im sure you know it) where Layne calls in, and at the end of the interview he mentions that theres a girl he was friends with that had turned into a freak. On the other hand I also dont flatter myself that I could have done something for him; I just dont know if I was that important. It is possible. Was that not what Demri was trying to say? The girl looks like her. In spite of all the rumors he WAS clean. Guys wanted to be noticed by you and most girls wanted to be like you or be your friend! Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Please write that story, for a book. I think at that point Jerry got pissed and tired of waiting around and did his own music. I hope this made sense I just typed it at 5 a.m. Night world! Yes, she died young, of mysterious circumstances, but she made a living for herself. She said she believes her daughter was there that night to be there with Layne as hes doing his transition.. It is heartbreaking and doesnt seem fair. It was the other way around. A lot of creativity! Nope.. 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. In my experience the Demri info isnt accurate. I was into the grunge scene since my brother first brought home a copy of Nirvana Nevermind in 1991. I have noticed that Layne is very tall, upright in his earlier career. The opposite occurred, she cut off contact with Layne save for minor interactions, she hustled to get money for smack. I KNOWI just wanna try it onceBELIEVE ME I am not stupid it doesnt usually end up working out like that. Im sorry, but I just cant stand the man. The drug is the great deception and it kills people around where I live every day. About. Someone in his life thought that was enabling Layne and suggested Johnny move out.I cant remember who it was (maybe Nancy?) 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. So much more, I wish that email had been saved, but with an updated computer & such, Ive lost it. But in continuing with heroin and coke, she damaged her body more, to the point of no return. Demri never moved in. Everybody had their problems, not just Layne. 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. Her religion is listed as Christian. are you Barbara, sure that your friend Rosheen died in 1997? YES, IT IS POSSIBLE to get and stay clean but you have to do it for yourself. Was it the pressure she felt? Its not Angry Chair, its the revised addition, Get Born Again. The fabric alone I spent thousands on which in the 80s is a lot, considering everyone else in that scene was flat broke. His body took a while to die, but his spirit lived on, as did Demris, after her passing. Read that on someones Pinterest. I think Jerry really was sincere, too, at least back then. I have not read any of the books written about the era or the books written about my friends Mike and Layne. Haha! I have changed it though to allow 3 and I have posted the videos for you.. all you have to do is post the link and it will automatically post the embedded video. But like Demri i have a death sentence hanging over my head because my heart could fail at any time. Im pretty sure about it , Much love, peace and good karma to you! Once again, I am sorry you have lost so many people that you loved. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); All text content on this website is copyrighted by Barbara Dearaujo Text and comments may NOT be reproduced on or offline with out permission. Thank you Ana and yes addiction destroys your body Thank you for bringing that up. (I never knew about Demri until I discovered this site and got to know BarbaraI consider her a friend and thank her for putting this wonderful site together.). Thank You! God. Hi Barbara, I remember right after Layne passed that you sent me a beautiful email about Demri. Its been a doubt to me, because Ive also read in a lot of interviews from 97, 98, that Mark was already living in La because of rehab and stuff like that but sometimes would come to Seattle, although he moved to LA in 98but yeah, it might be possiblethanx again! Not only am I a fan, but I have become intrigued by Laynes life due to having a 21 year old son, who in many ways, reminds me of Layne. so thank you again for all this and hope you are well. A friend once said that "Demri was not a hippy, goth, grunge girl she was her own creation. Content on this page is contributed by editors who belong to our editorial community. In 2017, 81,000 Americans tried heroin for the first time. SomeoneI dont want to say whobrought him some heroin because they couldnt find any coke. Well, I found two videos with the same interview, but I can not post the comment with the link and I do not know why. You will be ok. Love lots of love. Layne had admitted that he was mostly finished with show business. Laura. 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. Also you dont party on heroin you longing about, nodding out, maybe drooling on yourself, and falling asleep in the middle of a sentence. Half of this sounds made up..this Koa girlJesus, what people do.. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/archive/index.php?t-234414-p-11.html, Any comments about this? Yes people who werent there and did not know the facts were always injecting their two cents and conjuring up untruths because asking made too much sense. 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. I dont know what happened after 99. Quite a few wrongs have been righted by the existence of this site, the amount of BS out there about these individuals is beyond belief. Im determined to fight this demon, and be a better daughter, sister, aunt and friend to those who love me. Thank you for that! Layne Staley & DEMRI PARROTT's Relationship: Tragedy, Love & Grunge Not Demri, sorry. . So did Laynes fame, which Demri felt sucked into, although she always tried to maintain her own identity away from Layne.