Demri Lara Parrot and Layne Staley were two close friends who were taken from us too soon ~ Demri passed away Oct. 29, 1996 and Layne in April of 2002. We will always remember them and this website is dedicated to their love, art, music, life and friendship.
I hope people enjoy the pictures, videos and stories and leave comments to honor their memories. This is a brand new website so make sure to leave comments to help get people talking.
Demri Lara Parrot
Demri Lara Parrot was a beautiful woman and most people who will come here looking for information will come because they know her as Layne Staley’s girlfriend or because they knew her and are curious what they’ll find online about her. Well, unfortunately there’s not a lot of information online about Demri. Very few people have posted pictures and even fewer of her friends have come forward to talk about her. Why? I’m not sure. Maybe they think it’s rude to write about her online.. I don’t share that opinion.
She was my friend and I know people who love Layne and his music are interested in finding out who she was and I think she’d think that was cool. I also know that she would like it if someone she knew posted her pictures and talked about who she was. Demri was incredible and she deserves to be remembered.
Demri passed away Oct. 29, 1996 and those who knew her.. miss her. I think about her often.
I’m dedicating this page to Demri and Layne and their love, life and friendship.
I hope people enjoy the pictures and leave a comment.
Pictures of Demri:
| Birth: | Feb. 22, 1969 | |
| Death: | Oct. 29, 1996 |
(Click the thumbnails above to view larger pictures)
Demri was a close friend of mine for many years and losing her hurt everyone that loved her. If you’ve read some of the stories about her online, please take them with a grain of salt and take heed to the sources.
Pay attention to the ones that say she was super funny and beautiful and a very sick “tiny” little girl who was basically seduced and taken captive by heroin. She was a talented young woman who died before she even turned 30 or got the chance to have a child or have a career or get married. She missed out on so many things because of a little bad luck, drugs and her stubburn ass. I always used to say she burned her candle at both ends and that was truly how she lived her life and no one could reign her in. No one.
If I could say one thing to the people who are searching her out online. I’d say.. never do hard drugs and I’m not just saying that because that’s the right thing to say in this situation I’m saying it because that’s what Demri would want me to say. She loved people and she’d never want to think that people romantasized her life and her death and maybe tried heroin to see what it was like because her and Layne did it. Just remember you can die the first time you do it and never forget that. If your already addicted then please get help. Soon.
If you ever need to talk please feel free to contact me and please leave comments below in memory of Demri and Layne.
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Posted on February 3rd, 2009 at 4:35 am
hey! first of all, what a lovely website! i really have seen nothing like it, and the photos you included are truly beautiful and heartwarming.
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It’s nice to hear someone’s opinion of her who actually knew her, not mere assumptions. I think that i would want my story.. my true story told as well, if i were in this situation like demri. Thank you for feeling the urge to do this lovely memorial website, it’s fantastic! I know i’ll be back (and thanks for posting my fan art!
Keep them alive through your memories and love.
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Posted on February 3rd, 2009 at 6:48 am
Great job! Wonderful site its so nice to see these rare personal pics and thank you for sharing with us . I love AIC so much ! i hope they both RIP
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Posted on February 4th, 2009 at 12:27 am
@Raven Twisted – -
whoops my website url was wrong this is the correct spelling
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Posted on February 4th, 2009 at 12:28 am
@jessica – @Raven Twisted – Thanx to both of you for your comments it means a lot to me that people enjoy the site. I put a lot of time into making it something I thought Layne and Demri would be proud of. I hope people who are interested in knowing more about Layne and Demri continue to come here and find something that peaks their interest. I love the pictures and music just as much as the rest of you. Layne’s music is amazing and I hope generations to come will discover it and bring Layne to life again and again. I can’t see it coming to an end. I still hear them playing AIC on the radio everyday 15 years later. How often do you see that? Anyway, I plan on posting more so stay tuned.
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Posted on February 4th, 2009 at 2:26 am
This site is amazing! Loving Layne’s voice and songs like I do, I can’t help but be interested in the woman he loved. I hope the new pictures and personal stories keep coming, I can’t get enough of ‘em.
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Posted on February 7th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
I love the site, you did a great job. =)
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Posted on February 14th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
How did layne & demri meet, was it in high school or after?
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Posted on February 15th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
I applaud you for making this site available to the public.
Is there any e-mail address to contact you? Thank you.
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Posted on March 19th, 2009 at 9:54 am
I LOVE that you put this site up!
Thank you so much for your time and effort in this tribute & preserving their memory…
**kudos
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Posted on April 5th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Why is it that the more the years pass, the more they forget that besides April 5th is the date of Cobain’s death, it is also Layne’s?? Grunge Fashion?? This year I didnt hear anything remembering him. That’s sad.
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Posted on April 7th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
What a thoughtful site. They do deserve to be remembered this way, and although the gossip/negative facts about them may be interesting…this is much better. Layne was a very soulful and talented artist, and Demri must have been very special to be loved so much by this man.
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Posted on April 28th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Hey this site is awesome! Apart from loving Layne’s music he seems adorable as well. What really got me was his sense of humor. There is a video of him w Seventhsign singing live and it is hilarious. This Janis Joplin wannabe singer is all-over Layne and as he turns around to listen to the music he turns back and raises his eyebrows then he starts singing “if you want to suck my CANDY I will let you”. He had a broken leg at the time and then she sings “if you wanna do it one more time I’ll break your other leg” and Layne just does this look like confirmed. People said he ditched her later that night. Anyway I wanted to ask if Layne was a good person? Or was he more of a badass? Jerry Cantrell’s song Pig Charmer looks like it’s about Layne and it’s pretty nasty. And it makes me wonder if he was a motherfucker type of person or if Cantrell is a weasel who is disrespecting Layne like Pink Floyd fucked over Sid Barret. Not cool of him to pimp Layne when he was in terrible shape but Layne saw this. If you check out that video on youtube you can tell that Layne didn’t miss a trick even when he was fucked up!
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Posted on May 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I wish Layne and Demri is still alive today.
They were so happy together, now they’re gone.
I listen to Mad Season and Alice in Chains frequently, and it hurts to listen to the songs.
Because Layne is not here. I drive my car while listening to it.
Layne Thomas Staley’s music is a part of my life and will be rest of my life.
I hope Jesus Christ has taken them out of darkness and saved them.
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Posted on May 5th, 2009 at 11:04 am
i wish i would have found this site a long time ago..i havent seem so many good pics and info..i didnt know very much about demri..what i have learned was great.. i have read both the good and bad about them both..and agree..when drug are invloved people change wether they notice or not..i just happens..so you can never judge anyone..i should know i went through the same when i was younger..great minds dicuss ideas average minds dicuss events..small minds dicuss people..plz keep adding…i love this site
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Posted on May 5th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Such a wonderful website, Demri and Layne would be proud. Please, if any of you out there have photos of either of them that are not on this website, please send them to the website owner. There are so little photos of Demri out there and we all love to see what we can.
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Posted on May 26th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Just wanted to say that I think you’re a good friend. I hope and pray that no one I love and know will ever have to be remembered posthumously – but rather exalt them while they walk amongst us. To you and your memories – I pray for peace and comfort as time passes. Life and talent wasted are the saddest things in this world. But nothing ever dies – when ever you feel a warm breeze…just remember to say “hello”. It just might be your angels pushing you in the right direction. Blessings.
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Posted on June 15th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Thank you for sharing – this is a beautiful and interesting tribute. I will be sure to read more and hope there will be more photos and stories posted in the future.
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Posted on June 22nd, 2009 at 1:25 am
I was reading a comment on youtube and it said that they met in a bar. I was wondering if you knew how they met?
-may
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Posted on June 22nd, 2009 at 6:48 pm
I found this, and thought it was a very interesting, and makes a good point. You have to scroll down a bit, and you’ll find an email that looks like a poem. Please read and respond. http://www.findadeath.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61&page=40
-may
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Posted on August 13th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Thank you for this. I have loved Alice In Chains music for years now. Just doing a little research on Layne Staley (today being his birthday) and came across Demri’s name and I wanted to know a little more about her. You are a true friend to have this web site in memory of your dear friend. What sad endings to these two young people’s lives. Drug addiction is a monster and has taken away too many talented and wonderful people. I also love the pic you posted of Shannon Hoon with Layne. I know they must be sadly missed in the world of music. Demri sounds like she was such a lovely young woman. She was very pretty. She could have been anything she wanted to be. I am so sorry that drugs ended their lives. What a waste.
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Posted on August 22nd, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Hi Barb! I really wanted to respond to things that were on your other website and wasnt sure what one was the better so I’ll leave it here. I wanted to thank you so much for this. I also had some questions as well so I hope thats ok? Anyway, its truley heart wrenching to hear people talk about Layne and his old girlfriend like they were just junkies & thats it. Layne and Demri were human, not perfect. As youths most try out drugs, some get addicted. They were young! They made mistakes, that doesnt make them horrible. Its the poor attitude that people have about them that makes it worse for the person going through it. Layne was so miserable and ashamed, and carried a lot of guilt as it was. He and Demri are not here to defend themselves and its not fair to call them names without hearing there side of things. People didn’t know there heart & thats something that YOU saw. Thats what you are wanting the world to know & to see is thier HEART. Thank you so much for that! Thats the most honorable thing anyone could ever do for anyone! I would hope someone like YOU would do the same for me!
Ok I just wanted to know if by any chance you knew how Layne and Demri met? I read somewhere they met at a bar? Their first date? How you met them? I think thats it!
Thank you so much for your time, I miss Layne so much! Oh what do you think of the new AIC album? lol Its bitter sweet for me! Its wonderful Jerry did this and its GOOD! but so sad without Layne
xoxoxo. Thanks girly!!!
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Posted on October 8th, 2009 at 7:57 am
thank you so much for taking the time and effort to put this up. i grew up listening to AIC, became a heroin addict myself (clean now), and can understand a few things. like how being addicted to drugs is not an end all. one is still that individual they always were. that person. not this “thing”. funny, talented, kick ass tuba player, writer, good friend, ETC…
i always would come across demri’s name and have been curious about her. its nice to know a little now. so a big thanks to you. im sorry for your, and our, loss.
peace.
RIP layne and demri
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Posted on October 10th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Lovely idea and site – so very sad – for both of them, their families and friends.
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Posted on October 13th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Layne was seeing other people before and after Demri passed, but that doesn’t mean he din’t love and not care for her deeply. My gosh- they were friends too. No one can expect Layne or Demri to stop seeing others. She did have another boyfriend at the time of her death.
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Posted on October 30th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
omg… beautiful… <3 i love them
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Posted on November 5th, 2009 at 6:44 am
I’ve been looking through your site for hours and it’s a wonderful tribute for your friends – who were both amazing artists – Layne musically, and Demri with her collage art. The love you have for both shines through.
I have a question about Demri, I am just learning about her tonight, but am wondering why she had to have the initial heart valve replacement ? Did she have a congenital heart defect or did her drug addiction lead to her needing a new valve? After having the valve replacement I can’t fathom why she continued using (however…I can’t begin to understand because I have never been an addict myself or walked in her shoes). Poor girl – having that terrible addiction/disease. She was so physically beautiful and by all accounts…captivating. Too bad her life was cut short and thrown away by drugs.
Also, on her grave marker it says “Beloved Grandaughter”. Are her parents still alive? And did she change her name from Murphy?
Thanks again. Your site is a beautiful tribute and a great source for information.
Lisa
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Posted on January 9th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful memories about two extraordinary souls. It hurts my heart to think about the world being without Layne and Demri and when I think about how much he was hurting all alone in this world without her it still makes me cry. It’s nice to see someone appreciate the little things that make people special and unique. And you are an amazing friend for making sure this love goes on….
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February 22nd, 2010 at 12:01 pm
You can always reach me at ibdreamy@divageekdesigns.com and yes, Mike Starr is a nice guy deep down and hopefully people can tell how sweet he is on that show. I just hope he continues to excell in life. He is a talented musician as well.
I have nothing but good in my heart for Mike Starr.
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Posted on January 27th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
This is absolutely beautiful. I am going to see AIC in philly next weekend and I will definitely be thinking about Demri now in addition to Layne. RIP <3
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Posted on March 2nd, 2010 at 2:53 pm
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