Lyle and Erik Menendez could stay in prison — even if the court rules to resentence them for the 1989 slaying of their wealthy father, prosecutors said Tuesday.

The killings of the entertainment executive and his wife in their wealthy Beverly Hills neighborhood were brutal. Their son Lyle Menendez was the one who called 911, with the brothers initially claiming the killing was Mafia-related or connected to their father’s business dealings.

On May 13, a Los Angeles judge gave Lyle and Erik Menendez a new sentence of 50 years to life in prison, making them eligible for parole.

After seven months of hearings, court filings and news conferences, Lyle and Erik Menendez faced their first possibility of freedom Tuesday as a two-day resentencing hearing got underway, three decades after they were convicted of the 1989 murders of their parents.

Several cousins of Erik and Lyle Menendez testified Tuesday at the brothers' resentencing hearing that they should be released after serving nearly 30 years in prison for the double murder of their parents,

Erik and Lyle Menendez were sent to prison for killing their parents back in 1989. They were given life sentences, but now there’s a chance they could be let out. A parole board will soon decide if they can go free.

The Menendez brothers were resentenced by a California judge for the brutal murders of their parents in Beverly Hills 35 years ago.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman discussed the Menendez brothers' resentencing hearing in Los Angeles, California with reporters.