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Much love to you, from W. Seattle xoxo. I dont remember the exact story Lanegan told in Sing Backwards and Weep, but seems to me that after she got the pacemaker, she left the hospital (possible with an IV pole?) Can't feel sorry for people who have made mistakes because there are people in 3rd world counties who have it worse. She was also bisexual, which was not as accepted in the early 90s as it is now, and there are some beautiful photos taken of her with a girlfriend. (then going to work on my singing. Id like to read it someday but finding a copy would be the hard part and there is no way Id pay that much to read a book by someone who just researched Mike. Now I see it selling online for $200!! 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. Then Jack shared the photos of Demri and Rosheen which made my YEAR! Makes me wonder whether genius will always, without exceptions, come with an enormous cost. Thank you for this website and your time. Layne helped him a lot in a lot of ways. I looked a little bit like Demri back then and I always had the feeling that Layne was a little weirded out by that. Just human. Demri always and forever a wild wood pixie. So crazy cool and I know youd agreeor I wouldnt of told my stories or shared your pictures. Was it a physical predisposition to everything out there? Layne and Demri were certainly worth knowing and there is so little about them out there. Love to you all, from Scotland Staley couldnt 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. Gah, Mike Starr was a weird one. JOHNNY BACOLAS I recall many nights when I was living with Layne, Demri would come to the house and after Id go to bed, she would just open my door, sit at the edge of my bed with a bag full of potato chips, chew really loud, and just talk. Let their legacy be one of art and discovery, friendship and love. Hope you write that book about the two of them and/or those times! Alice In Chains late leader Layne Staley tragically lost his fight against addiction on April 5th, 2002. But of course I would hate to spread any lies or speculation; if youre a friend or relative that somehow comes across this and would like anything removed please let me know. Sounds like you are happy and settled now with your beautiful familyhave a good weekend xx, Barbara, At that point, Staley had already been to rehab after an intervention. (Im sure this is an exaggeration but you get the idea.) I dont wanna see people anymore and its nobodys business but mine.. He loved Layne more than anything, I think even more than Courtney sometimes (Courtney as you all know was Jerrys on off gf.) A loving comment from Kathleen (Demris Mother) after she ran into Darin Lamb and found out about my website for the first time what a blessing. They were engaged to marry on 1992.However, in the years that followed "Dirt"'s success, Layne and Demri drifted apart, and their engagement broke sometime in 1994, although she features in the cover of Mad Season's "Above". She was human. I am not strong enough to deal with addicts bullshit anymore. It can sneak back in and take over even faster then it did the first time. She thought he should because his stuff was there. He went into rehab after that. I paid a professional hat blocker a lot of money to help me with the final construction, but I bought all the fabric and designed them, I dont even know who Rachel is. She was so young, so beautiful the tragic muse, a fairy. There are records showing that she prostituted in her last years, however Im not sure that her family want this discussed. I need spell check! Not just to your soul and family but to your body in general. Addiction can change a persons priorities and also put huge dent in their moral compass even having children isnt enough for some addicts.. the one love that people cherish the most in their lives. May God Bless you. Dope sick hurts the entire body, he horrifyingly shared. Life is one thing after another, with drugs more so. Even by something as small as a cold. If youre saying to yourself Ahh.. I know I have no chance. By 96 or so, Jerry was fed up with Laynes fear of touring. 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. I was the only one with a real job and I should have been saving to travel but spent it on making Andy look amazing and it irks me to think someone is claiming to have made his hats! Jerry is one of the best melody writers ever, and Layne was a virtuoso vocalist and obviously his lyrics resonate with so many people. 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. American Model (Adult/Glamour) Demri Parrott passed away on 29th Oct 1996 Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, Washington / Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, USA aged 27. I could go on and on, but simply wanted to leave my mark on this site, and thanking Barbara for keeping it alive for all this time. R.I.P. But not in a slutty way. However, there was infidelity on both ends, many described their relationship as open. She sometimes complained that she knew he was sleeping with other girls, but she also had relationships on the side too. On April 4, 2002, Starr, high on benzodiazepine, offered to call 911. I cant put my finger on it, but it wasnt what I wanted out of a $200 book. By the way by the way , I am a female b. AiC was playing a show that night at an old fire station in Redmonddo you remember that place? I actually edited my response so I hope you got to read the whole comment I made. I didnt wish to get in an argument here I dont think its appropriate but I think it was just a misunderstanding. He was in the middle of drawing a very cool cartoon for him when he died. Around 94 Layne began to realize that to become clean and stay with her, she also needed to be clean. I caught myself thinking about her even when I was in a relationship. Finally, best of luck if you write a book Muself, I would love to produce a film documenting all of this. It was kept by a friend over the years, who had it in a box and it was in perfect condition. 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. It was even sadder when we found out Mike Starr was the last to see him and saw that he was in troublebut Layne wouldnt let Mike call 911now hes dead, too. As for cotton what as ridiculous thing to say. I couldnt afford all the hospital bills, but somehow, or someone, helped Demri. He seemed to think that because he never shot heroin he was better than Layne. I know that. RIght before Demri died she had been about to move to Hawaii with her father (or stepfather, I forget which.) Most heroin addicts who manage to get clean.. will also eventually relapse. A lot of people think he was shitty because he would prop Layne up on a microphone stand if he had to and do the show, even if Layne was totally wrecked. Its extremely heartbreaking. Big hugs! are you Barbara, sure that your friend Rosheen died in 1997? I wish Demri had that same desire, to want to be an actress/model, who read books, studied acting. God. Staley's girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott, started shooting smack and Alice in Chains got famous. . Soon I heard he had passed on. Then I went back to Houston, where I was working at a nightclub, and the phone rang in the office. Anway hope you continue to find this website informative and fun to visit. Demri was staying with a friends Dad trying to kick by the time I got out so she could come stay at my parents while I recovered from surgery and she had to be clean to do that. It doesnt seem right to me that they continue the band because there is no improvement. I understand that Jerry started doing cocaine again around this time. Its people like demri and Layne who would really make you think life was worth living. Was she running scared? Helping as a group also made too much sense. Its easy for people to judge and if they can stick with you during good and bad thats a wonderful thing. Yes, she introduced Layne to heroin, yes, they both got caught up in it, but she didnt want to stop, though Layne tried. Johnny was a Godsent to Layne. OK, Ill stop now; I just wanted to write that to someone who understands, so thank you if you read this rambling mess. I visit it often . They were trying to treat her endocarditis for the last 2 years and she had a pace maker at 26 but the H had a serious hold on her, too. Demri tried to warn me too and I also ignored her and lost years of my life.. that I can barely remember and doing almost everything I had always promised myself that ID NEVER DO I EVENTUALLY ENDED UP DOING THINGS I COULD NEVER OF IMAGINED ALWAYS JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE THAT FUCKING EVIL ADDICTION!! Its nice to see this page and realize how much she was loved. Please if you ever get a chance, write that book. It is an extremely powerful demon drug that can steal your life and your inner strength faster then youll have control of. Ive really been inspired by a lot of Laynes music, both AIC and Mad Season. Layne Staley died on April 5, 2002. They started dating around spring or summer that year, she is thanked in the liner notes of "Facelift", which was released on August 1990.She is not, as widely but wrongly believed, the woman on the cover of Alice in Chains's album "Dirt", released on September 29, 1992, that is model and actress Mariah O'Brien.Layne Staley and Demri Parrott were, according to close friends and band-mates, described as perfect for each other and the term "soulmates" has been used more than once to define their relationship. Or Id get up and watch them sleep when they were breathing funny because I was afraid they could die and it wasn t going to happen on my watch. Older more successful groups need to talk to some of the up and coming or simply make a video so that record companies can play it to newly formed groups. I have been to many drug places. 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 So im postive thats why Demri got so sick again after her heart surgery cause her new valve was so sensitive. by someone I never knew. But my son also dabbles in drugs. Maybe someday I will write that book but as of right now I do not have any concrete plans to do that.. and if I ever did write a book it would be about MY life not just theirs and then I would include stories that involved them but I could never write just a book about them.. to me that would be..weird, wrong possibly? See Also:ystein Aarseth- The Disturbing Life And Death of Mayhems Euronymous. 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. Im not totally sure when that started to change. And then shortly after that, their whole sound changed cause they got introduced to the scene and Susan Silver. Thanks for the reply. (i.e. I hope this doesnt sound silly, but I pray to Andrew and Demri sometimes. Or did others drive her to where she needed to go? Because it does and these beautiful people have created this place for dialogue. She was the "it" girl in Seattle in the early 90s and anyone who knew her and the club scene at the time I doubt would argue with me on that.". She couldve been so much more, its a shame. I did crack and heroin for years. A week went by and my symptons worsened. Barbara, Hi ~ Please write that story, for a book. I am thinking more of teens I have been watching grow up from their young years. Staley created a personal shrine in the recording studio featuring a dead puppy in a jar that he used for inspiration as he crooned lyrics like "Stick your arm for some real fun.". In addition, Demri had a cardiac pacemaker in her heart. I just wanted to share my story because i dont think alot of heroin addicts think about the other consequences that iving heroin can cause such as endocarditis. PONY MAURICE (Feast singer) I kind of fell in love with Xana and Demri for a while. I agree completely. No, ive never met you, but I still care about you and your family. I also want to be straight up about why Demri, Layne, Rosheen and Mike are gone now theyre stories should never be romanticized. Kathleen was hurt by that and would say, "My daughter's life wasn't a waste". 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. . Stay strong, stay strong, you can beat this. Survivors include her mother . They were eventually engaged to be married. Although arts did not give Parrott the fame that she got from her relationship with Layne, she was in love with different aspects of it. She knew him off the drugs and on and had been there from the start. Their children. It is a horrible existence. That couldnt have been put in a better way! 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. When he came out, he assumed that she was asleep. 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. Doesnt mean I want them in my life. Not anymore thou. For me, I was blesse dot have been there when it all happened ( Im from L.A. Demri was sweet and helpful and fun. The first one who loved and protected Layne (Jerry had music, yeah a hundred guys did, but nobody had Laynes voice and it was amazing. I know Barb and so many others that knew Demri and Layne and were close to them, loved them dearly and that they are both very much missed. Friends comment that after Demri died, Layne was put on suicide watch for 24 hours.Demri Parrott was buried at the Miller-Woodlawn Memorial Park in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, USA. It was therapeutic and worked [for] me for a while until my dad saw my picture printed on a magazine., The singer divulged how his father became a bad influence on him. I would love to see them all again, Thank you Niki! But i get drug tests and go to counseling and outpatient classes. Im so glad to see the people who are able to look past her addiction because obviously there was so much more to her. If people only knew how stuck in grief I was for YEARS and today I still miss them all but I dont break down crying anymore. I hope your doing better. Drugs was his escape to find what he was longing forlove. Its even worse when you have a lot of responsibilities to take care of because you find yourself stuck to where you have to keep using to try and keep up with those responsibilities and it works at first but it tricks you and then you loose everything if you dont loose your life. See more News You may also like. Its kinda surreal to read some of these stories from people who were actually there. She showed me her belly button, and she goes, Look, I can make a cats butt! Haha! Im very thankful for my daughter because for the first time I had to clean up and start to deal with things. :)), Thanks for this site and sharing so much about your friends. Just one of many reasons I want to be cremated so Im not out in a cemetery forgotten about like by some prick like that! The village to raise a child or extended family member or friend to help re-direct those who are going off track, is not here anymore. All the pain and suffering when their lives could have been filled with so much love and happiness. She was very sure of herself and this was apparently the cause of some of her problems with Layne. Take care, Kathleen will verify the full name thing too. Unfortunately she died from a heroin overdose in 1996. The EMTS never did anything but save your friends life. RIP LAYNE RIP MUSIC. He was like Laynes pimp, only he couldnt get Layne to work. The second one has just a part of the interview becouse it also has Primus and Tool too, but the image quality is better. Sadly, Demri passed away in 1996 of endocarditis caused by her drug use. Ethnicity: Native American (Cherokee), Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English, and Swiss-German descent Oh my she was so beautiful, so beautiful!!! It seems like Demri was homeless, staying here and there. A google search for Demri and Layne brought me here at last. 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!) Staley and Parrott, by then his fiance, went to rehab together at least once. if you knew what junkies were like you wouldn't be romantising this shite. Maybe Koa was referring to one of them. Although we miss them dearly, let this be a lesson to us all. Rosheen and Demri RIP Rosheen Raugi June 19th 1997, Demri Parrott and Layne Staley Love Hate Love, More pictures of Demri can be found on my Flickr account at:RememberingDemri. 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. I did not see anything from anyone on Thursday Oct 29 2015 about demri I guess everyone forgot. You can just tell when you talk to certain people, especially females. Demri was super-funny and very forward. From then on, he said, he just wanted to do art and make music for his friends. 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. Felt a little CRAZY. Wed hide and they would sit on the porch for hours to the point Demri almost got evicted so she let them in. That person that did comment bitched because nobody else did when they should have simply offered condolences or said something sweet but nooooooit was an asshole post. Was just curious about that. After that, I dont think he wanted to go on.. As for Mike Starr, if youre wondering, he was living in a crappy old apartment (same building that I used to live in,) with his father. I hate the way he made people feel, so worthless and small. REMEMBER Layne and Demri. Demri didnt die till the morning of the 29th, in her mothers arms at the hospital. When Layne Staley body was found. I think Demris Mom confirmed that guy was NOT her boyfriend so it was either a friend or someone that picked her up. Hey there! "He was sort of a classic destroyer of hotel rooms.". 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 was her. Anything you have to say would be gratefully appreciated. I was neglecting EVERYONE even my daughter when sick and when High I just wasnt worried about it. I do get it a little but its silly. They both were on different drugs by the time Dirt came out, and it only grew worse for them both, though they still loved one another. 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. I think that Layne always sort of blamed himself for not looking after her, because she did need looking after. 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. Heroin is a beast of a drug all its own in short or in laymans terms..it ruins your ability to be naturally happy. She had affairs with other men and women, he had his own affairs with women. Being so removed from the reality of it all only made it more exciting though, and through all my adult years I have regularly sought out every bit of information I could about the real lives of the musicians involved, and in this case, their significant others. I cant stand the new AIC, to me you cant really replace a lead singer the same way you can replace a bassist or something (sorry but its true), but anyway. They have it, although I have not seen it in the display but I do have the paperwork from the curator. I love you. But I wound up in Seattle , playing led guitar in the lare eighties and early nineties. 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