I made myself get over my stupid feelings for you because I had to, and when I did that I also got over my frustration with the fact that everytime I defended you I had to hide behind anonymity and lose credibility. Demri looking sweet and beautiful.. she was such a natural beauty. I go to ER find out i have endocarditis again because after u get ur valve replaced it can EASILY get infected again. Almost makes me ache (being a parent of two girls already). Demris story haunted me when I first learned of it a few years ago. She had been clean for a little while before she went in and shot heroin with that guy she was dating. -Chris, Was wondering if you ever went on any road trips with Demri to see AIC? The website will forever live on my server for those seeking to learn a little more. 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. She had this really cool, big Roman nose. Layne and "Demri's" families have the right to mourn them with dignity and they have a right to remember their loved one's through very rose tinted glasses. She had affairs with other men and women, he had his own affairs with women. Bottom line they both had to want it and they were convinced that only people who mixed alcohol and heroin (as in getting so drunk you forget what and how much you used) is the only thing that could kill you. Last week she broke down mentally and was calling and texting me non stop saying she wanted to hurt herself and she felt like a piece of shit for doing this to me, she wanted me to come over to help her out with her breakdown so I . I find it hard to believe. I could go on for days with stories, but I wont. Covers. @ Eric: Nothing. Thanks for posting that. that doesnt makes us bad people! I will speak for us all in saying we hope you read this and change your minds. Hi Susan, my name is Layla and I saw your comment about your cancer situation. Thank you for this site, and these photos, and your memories. thanks admin|. But, if you do, you could save a life. Was that not what Demri was trying to say? He just didnt tell anyone that he was leaving. Hearing how so many of your friends relapsed makes it obvious just how addicting heroin is and how strong of a grip it has. About. xoxox, Thank you Violet for the sweet comment.. I know thats super personal n i thought i remember Barbara saying she didnt know specifics on what exactly happened. American of Native American (Cherokee), Irish, Scottish, remote Welsh, English, and Swiss-German descent. Jerry started to stay away from Layne though. But he wanted to be left alone. . I actually edited my response so I hope you got to read the whole comment I made. But then I was never much more than a witness. 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!! All the pain and suffering when their lives could have been filled with so much love and happiness. God Bless. She was tiny (around 4'11", 150cm or 5, 152 cm), dark-featured, with long dark hair and dark eyes. She moved around to different high schools in the 1980s. Can you send me the link and the time in the video where you see her? Why? The girl is shorter, but not 411 short like Demri was. "he would never talk badly about her and apparently it was the same with her. However, their addictions caused damage to the relationship and they broke off their engagement. Guys wanted to be noticed by you and most girls wanted to be like you or be your friend! You need to be happy. American Model (Adult/Glamour) Demri Parrott passed away on 29th Oct 1996 Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, Washington / Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, USA aged 27. Demri Parrott had an encounter with Katina Bonita Evangeline (1991). It steals everything from us including everything that makes us who we are the things we love about ourselves and then it takes our very last breathe before we even know how far gone we are. Kathleen, Im so sorry for your loss, I cant even imagine, but please know there are many of us who adore Layne & Demri. . I ran into Darin a few days back always nothing but love when we see each other. I liked Classic rock and blues when I was 11. Id cook up some favorite foods like my scampi tacos, phad Thai, smoked chix green chili enchiladas, and Layne loved his pot roast meal and Demri Fettuccine. Also Layne hid that he used drugs even when people knew he didnt advertise it by being associated with it. Personally I see it as a travesty that she has managed to get her name linked with Layne forever in some kind of tragic love story. At the time, Jerry was very understanding and more than supportive to Layne. Actually I was bothered by it though. Previous Next. Its the nature of things and I think that this is dictated by how we feel about certain people.). Every addict Ive read about has said the same thing. I have never been in that position so Im sure its not nearly that easy. 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. Hi Barbara, I remember right after Layne passed that you sent me a beautiful email about Demri. He had someone call a psychic for him to make sure that he would be okay. But god, if he isnt just a little gratified also. They were both so beautiful in their own weird way. Thank you for that! Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. And we all know about Laynes death, alone in his apartment for weeks before anyone found him. They broke up around spring summer 94, or maybe even earlier. I know that. Dear Susan, Bless you. Yes, they had other loves, yes, they were not dating at the time of her death, yes, Demri was off on a jag, staying with someone else. You may never read this, but I hope that you do, from a nothing person, who is just concerned and someone who cares. Layne and Demri were certainly worth knowing and there is so little about them out there. As a three-year-old, Demri was . Thats all I wanted to say. 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. So thats what i have been doing staying clean. I didnt wish to get in an argument here I dont think its appropriate but I think it was just a misunderstanding. This page is the FamousFix profile for Demri Parrott. Demri did NOT get Layne into heroin. 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. 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. Nice she was, but not very independent. 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. Just because we cant see something/someone, doesnt mean theyre not there. She wasnt out getting loaded and living it up thats Rachels story. I was a weird kid because I liked all different types of music that kids my age didnt like because it was considered uncool. Haha! 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. If people wanted to not just voice their opinion and get their hands dirty they could have, they chose not to and got jealous of the ones that did. I hope this doesnt sound silly, but I pray to Andrew and Demri sometimes. Amen. Do you know if you have the first version or the second? Jerry would make these stupid, hazily spiteful remarks like were standing by Layne and I love him anyway. Who wants to be loved anyway? And the thing was that Layne was really bouncing back at this time. What always stood out to me was her sense of self. I had nothing left of them myself so it was like a true gift and to find pictures of my loved ones online. Hey would call her to be around him and of course she would eventually relaps and hed kick her to the curb. Demri never grew up. Was just curious about that. If you want to sign up to get notified of our website updates.. please enter your email address into the form at the bottom of the right hand sidebar. In all actuality they probably never will unless they have gone through it. I remember also reading that Layne took Andys death badly. https://alice-in-chains.livejournal.com/103699.html?thread=559635#t559635, https://icepicksandnukes.com/2011/12/16/setting-the-alice-in-chains-record-straight/. Have you read David de Solas book on Alice in Chains? 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. Was it a physical predisposition to everything out there? Buy photos from select Flickr photographers Demri and Rosheen loved each other very much and I loved them both. Kathleen will verify the full name thing too. It is not worth your life and the heartbreak of your family just to see what its like. I pray that you have lots and lots of time left with no pain. He was a coke dealer. I visit it often . Not really a big deal His father was an addict as well. Michael was a really tall big guy. Helping as a group also made too much sense. If boundaries are established upfront, some of these issues can be avoided. No drug dens. For Layne to die was just sad and wrong, but for him to die alone was just an abomination. Not sure why I just havent.. never even held one in my hands or seen one on the shelves. I hope it helps you as well. I had a rule for my comments if more then one link was added to a comment then it would be held for moderation.. this is to stop people from posting spam comments with links to their websites.. I was just being a bit of a creep and trying to piece together when he lived where and for how long. Barbara D. I wish they were still hear every time I listen to him sing I cry its so sad Ive been fighting my addictions for 20 years its a daily struggle but the music keeps me alive for now I pray there together energy doesnt die the spirit is forever. Once again, I am sorry you have lost so many people that you loved. Much love to you, from W. Seattle xoxo. She didnt met her biological father and half sister until she was an adult. Marilyn Monroe. Demri Parrott photo shoot. . I think Demris Mom confirmed that guy was NOT her boyfriend so it was either a friend or someone that picked her up. I see a lot of conjecture and guessing about the nature of these relationships and its bugged me for years. It needs to be a full on mission or its 100% harder. I looked a little bit like Demri back then and I always had the feeling that Layne was a little weirded out by that. It was hard to tell because as many times as he said it was over, she was still going around town telling everyone that they had gotten married. She met Layne when she was eighteen or nineteen, and its reported that it was love at first sight. I just wish that they both had survived, Layne marrying her, but it seems that she didnt want to get married. Im sure that hes sad, Im sure he feels it. I guess most all questions have been answered on this lovely site. Love and support to you and your family, God bless to you! to make him jealous. Thats when he came back and Demri left. Thank u to everyone who takes the time to read this ! DAVID DUET At our next rehearsal, Demri and Layne walked in together, and within a month I was doing guest appearances with Alice in Chains, singin Bowie songs and stuff. She was vacant, self-serving and morally bankrupt. She showed me her belly button, and she goes, Look, I can make a cats butt! 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. 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. Not Demri, sorry. Back in April when Rachel heard Demri had a zero % chance to live she made a B-Line to the hospital to make sure, as it was questioned repeadily and probably gave Demri incentive to live. Miss Layne so much. I was and still am a huge fan of Laynes and AIC, and admired the beautiful Demri. Back in 93 early 94 Layne was seeing this dip**** model who did more harm to him than good. This site is so beautiful, props to those who made it/run it! It was Layne and Demri and they had to find me to tell me they started doing dope and how wonderful it was, and right then I knew they I am so sorry for Kathleen (Ds mom) to have lost her children like this. Or did others drive her to where she needed to go? I respect that. Although Demri passed anyway, her mother remembers her fondly and without regret or anger. At 26 she was wearing a pacemaker. I am an agnostic. But I hope that you will. The truth is that the drug more powerful than the mind and often times the only way for someone to quit is to be forcefully removed because the will power is not there. 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 .. Shadows of their former selves and it happens faster then you know unless youve seen it happen before then you know exactly what I mean. That sucks! That kind of clientele. She was really sweet and really cool. She was adopted by her stepfather Stephen John Parrott. While it warms my heart that people want to know about her, care about her, love her and most of all have not forgotten her genuinely unique gifts. Demri and Layne were awesome people who had a fatal disease but that did not make them bad people. Not just to your soul and family but to your body in general. Is it possible to be Demri on the left? A lot of creativity! 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. However, I found that things that boost your confidence and self esteem help you stay away from it. The surgeon wants me to prove ive been clean for 9 months before she will do it. Demri deserves her recognition as the true Queen of the Seattle Scene. 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. Songwriting abilities have nothing to do with personality. Not all people are cruel. How did her kids get so involved with drugs and addiction? There was no question about that. Most of us refused to turn someone on for the first time. 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. 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. Ive been tormented by my addiction to IV heroin for the last 14 years, my best friend in the world, my everything, my older sister, is the spitting image of gorgeous angelic Dem. Your site is beautiful if I were computer literate I wouldve corrected the writer it is nice to set the record straight . 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. Then there was some stuff with his mother that I just cant share here. Heroin isnt a social drug that you experiment with. He adopted her and her birth name became Demri Lara Parrott. Mothers Love. When she was herself she was a very sensitive and fun girl. It was YOUR take on Demri and it made me think about my take on them as well. It sucks that NOBODY commented other than the one person but most people are so busy they dont even know its Oct 29th. Everybody had their problems, not just Layne. Layne had told her that if she started using drugs again hed have to make her leave. Love to you all, from Scotland You also made people smile and giggle and anyone who was ever part of your life no matter how long or how short.. will NEVER forget you. Him and his girlfriend Demri both lived with me at the time. I honestly hope so but if not.. no judgment here just love and understanding. Historical records matching Demri Parrott So go to youtube and search for this: You can tell when theyre lifers. For me, I was blesse dot have been there when it all happened ( Im from L.A. It will ruin your life. Layne Thomas Staley (born Layne Rutherford Staley; August 22, 1967 - April 5, 2002) was an American singer and songwriter who was the original lead vocalist of the rock band Alice in Chains, which rose to international fame in the early 1990s as part of Seattle's grunge movement. Who was more self conscience than Layne esp. But she went one way for love, he another. After I moved out from Laynes, I didnt have much contact with Demri. Anyways, I would love to hear an update from you, as to how youre doing, and hopefully feeling better. I know he blamed himself for Demri dying we all played the should a, could a, wouldda tape in our head. I dont know anything about him other than that he dumped her at the Emergency Room and disappeared. But not anymore. It usually has nothing to do with how much they love YOU. Thank you Kat, I try to be friendly and just treat everyone like I would expect to be treated so its always nice to hear. Take care, I just feel that sometimes Jerry does not get enough credit for the good things that he has done. Stay blessed, Xana. I listen to Chloe Dancer and think of how I want my life to be as beautiful as that song. Jason Buttino, who has recordings of both versions, attributes the change to the fact the second version was recorded more than a year after the death of Demri Parrott, Layne's longtime girlfriend. Mad Season, Layne's side projects/art, Jerry's solo work. I do not know how much truth there is in the message must have the attributes and say their name. Sadly, Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley passed away on April 5, 2002, at 34 years of age. I know youve lost several, so hard to take, but your only daughter was trying to teach unconditional love for everyone. Also, you mentioned the pain she was in, & how her mother, Kathleen tried so much to help. Is that because of damage to his skeletal system due to heroin? I wouldnt call her suicidal but definitely self destructive. Wish me luck xxx. We tried to before but couldnt really connect with Nancy- too much focus on Laynes addiction and Heroin, and yknow there was a lot more to those times than just that. In 2017, 81,000 Americans tried heroin for the first time. I first read that on the findadeath.com forum many years ago maybe 06 or 07? His vocals cannot be matched. Its so sad to hear that she wasnt in one place for long. I will pray for peace and healing for you and youre children. Jerry wanted to tour but Layne was sick and then in and out of rehab 13 times. Tell them you love them every chance you get! but I cant help but wonder if he had stayed living there, if things wouldve been a lot better for Layne He wouldve have isolated himself in his ivory tower and died the way he did. This site https://icepicksandnukes.com/2011/12/16/setting-the-alice-in-chains-record-straight/ will let you fact check and their are some concert's where he talks pretty negative about her stealing and selling their equipment, etc. She was also seeing this new guy that her family hadnt met. He was in the middle of drawing a very cool cartoon for him when he died. Much love and respect to everyone that Layne touched. I am sober now and I understand this and it brings tears to my eyes thinking about how bad I was for all those years of stealing and lying to them and my mom crying worried if I was going to die. Thank you Barbara for making this site and memorial! It was for that, not because he was mean or wanted to date, he just wanted them both to get well and even said he wished Rehab had Co-Addictive Behavior Counselling for couples, which I was trying to help with at Wickenburg. Oh that thing about walking down a hall and druggies is b.s. 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. It was love at first sight. Thank you for sharing about Demri. Ive also met some true asshole addicts but they were usually born that way. 17 talking about this. (The ones that used and didnt contract it, were generally the ones that either snorted or shot with clean needles. When Layne didnt feel like eating Johnny could get him to drink an Ensure sometimes 2 or 3. I watched so many people either die or just become such a broken mess they probably wish they were dead. Layne was always really quiet about it. Demri died in October 1997, and you say that Rosheen died six months later. She did not come here to learn any lessons she came to teachshe taught unconditional LOVE and from what I can tell she continues to do so..Do not place any attachment or story to my mothers headstone for Dem that story will come out after my mom is no longer around.. that is another story Thanks for the oppurtinity to set a few things straightI know the misinformation did not come from you sorry if I appeared to be venting perhaps I was a little. It is such a sad situation. Pictures and info about the woman who stole Layne Staley's heart and inspired fashion trends during the '90s Seattle grunge era. Ethnicity: English, Swiss-German, Irish, Scottish, remote Welsh, possibly 1/64th Cherokee Native American. The place was supposed to be for both. 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. It is an extremely powerful demon drug that can steal your life and your inner strength faster then youll have control of. 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. 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. Stop this. I could not have put it better.Recovering addict myself. So im postive thats why Demri got so sick again after her heart surgery cause her new valve was so sensitive. 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. 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. I noticed the list of books on the home page and decided to go check out Everybody Loves Our Town by Mark Yarm at our public library. However, there was infidelity on both ends, many described their relationship as open. A week went by and my symptons worsened. Id love to hear your take on any of them if you do read them though. Ill be thinking of you. Most of her friends describe her as a very sweet and beautiful person, kind, peaceful and artistic.
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