"item": { Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro recently tweeted about late Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley and Layne's girlfriend Demri Parrott, who died in 1996. She said after most of the crowd left at night Layne was still there, and she wanted to go swimming so Layne followed her to the pool. His will to live went with her. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. Here he is backstage on the Warped Tour looking like one of the many shirtless, deeply tanned, and blond bros lurking in the audience. nodes: [ She wasn't happy with the suicide ruling and wondered what more there might be to the story. Zack de la Rocha had quit Rage Against The Machine just a few months prior, and his bandmates were looking for a new singer. How close do you think that was to us, Ann? Because he'd been a recluse for so long, friends and family who might've found him earlier didn't think it was particularly odd they hadn't heard from him during that time. As recounted by Rick Anderson of Seattle Weekly, Staleys body was found sitting upright on the couch, his remains illuminated by a flickering television in an otherwise darkened room. So two weeks later [our mutual friend] was having a Super Bowl party. .addSize([0, 0], [[320, 50]]) googletag.enableServices(); ", He then goes says his heroin habit was to blame, and he was well past the point of shooting up for fun. "When I haven't talked to anybody in years, and every article I see is dope this, junkie that, whiskey this that ain't my title My bad habits aren't my title. .addService(googletag.pubads()); "@type": "ListItem", The story of his decline began on July 3, 1996, after Staley left the stage following a warm-up set for KISS. On April 5, 2002, Layne Staley took a speedball a combination of cocaine and heroin and passed away (via Diffuser). FULL FILM: https://youtu.be/qMlLfrU5fjsAlice in Chains lineup throughout the Layne Staley era consisted of Layne Staley (87 - 98), Jerry Cantrell (87 - 98), Sean Kinney (87 - 98), Mike Starr (87 - 93) \u0026 Mike Inez (93 - 98).Alice in Chains post-Layne Staley has consisted of William DuVall (06 - Present), Jerry Cantrell (05 - Present), Sean Kinney (05 - Present) \u0026 Mike Inez (05 - Present).The We Die Young EP consists of three tracks: We Die Young, It Ain't Like That, Killing Yourself.Facelift consists of twelve tracks: We Die Young, Man in the Box, Sea Of Sorrow, Bleed The Freak, I Can't Remember, Love, Hate, Love, It Ain't Like That, Sunshine, Put You Down, Confusion, I Know Somethin (Bout You), Real Thing.Sap consists of 5 tracks: Brother, Got Me Wrong, Right Turn, Am I Inside, Love Song.Dirt consists of 13 tracks: Them Bones, Dam That River, Rain When I Die, Down in a Hole, Sickman, Rooster, Junkhead, Dirt, God Smack, Iron Gland, Hate to Feel, Angry Chair, Would?Jar of Flies consists of 7 tracks: Rotten Apple, Nutshell, I Stay Away, No Excuses, Whale \u0026 Wasp, Don't Follow, Swing on This.Self-titled consists of 12 tracks: Grind, Brush Away, Sludge Factory, Heaven Beside You, Head Creeps, Again, Shame in You, God Am, So Close, Nothin' Song, Frogs, Over NowThe MTV Unplugged performance consisted of 13 songs: Nutshell, Brother, No Excuses, Sludge Factory, Down In A Hole, Angry Chair, Rooster, Got Me Wrong, Heaven Beside You, Would?, Frogs, Over Now, The Killer Is Me. Demri Parrott was engaged to Layne Staley (1992 - 1994). Layne Staley | | The Guardian Dirt by Alice in Chains (CD, 1992) New but case has a crack 5 on Marsh and Steins list. The specificity of Dirt is what makes the album so moving, and its the most obvious attribute separating Alice In Chains from the legion of bands that emerged to take its place after Staley slipped into permanent heroin hibernation. "item": { He dropped out of my life for 15 years." It's the worst pain in the world. Some believe that that when Layne his ex Demri Parrott died in 1996 from Drug overdose, Layne never recovered from her death and probably what caused him to fall apart beyond repair with his drug using. Starr left Staley's place later that day. Layne didnt get in, but sat in a chair sipping a beer. Actually, the best of times was when everyone was just strung out on booze, coke and sex the basic musts on any rocker's CV. The autopsy later revealed that the next day Staley plunged a speedball into his vein. "position": 2, "name": "Rock Features" From rough beginnings to the deadly experiences with hard drugs that stole his prime and took his life to his final years as a recluse, these are the tragic details of one of rock history's greatest voices. However, that defensiveness had nothing to do with personal embarrassment. Ramirez grew up on Sublime records, and based on this clip of Sublime With Rome performing the hit Wrong Way in 2010 on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he was hired for his ability to make Nowells demise seem like a mere inconvenience that temporarily kept the band off the road. Addiction was a constant throughout Staleys short life, which he tried his hardest to break out from but sadly didnt make it, and his music serves as a memory of his distinct talent. You're not wrong if you're picking up on a bit of resentment at the end there. And demri parrott kinda introduced him to heroin, i believe the first time layne used it was in the backstage of a show when demri gave to him. } complete: 1, "This f****** drug use is like the insulin a diabetic needs to survive. Demri Lara Parrott(February 22, 1969 - October 29, 1996) was best known for Demri Parrott her relationship with Layne Staley, the singer of rock band Alice in Chains. timeout: 2000 }, Its okay! "@type": "WebPage", I changed my number. "item": { var mapping2 = googletag.sizeMapping() Finally, Starr left angry. "I pay you," she screamed back. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. She was born Feb. 22, 1969, in Bremerton. Demri Parrott - IMDb Fortunately for Staley, Elmer appeared to be a pretty decent stepdad and even played a large role in getting young Staley into music. Demri Parrott - Biography. "position": 4, .addService(googletag.pubads()); Kinney claims he had an alter ego he called Steve who would stand on a chair in an upscale restaurant and pee on the dessert cart or methodically pour beer into the sconces lining a hotel hallway for the pleasure of seeing them explode seconds later. Dirt by Alice in Chains - Songfacts }, Listening to music you love to hear is fun, period.Rome Ramirez, on replacing Bradley Nowell as the new singer of Sublime, So sing just like him, fuckers/It wont offend him/Just me/Because hes dead.Pearl Jam, 4/20/02, written for Layne Staley. By 1998, Staley already seemed on last legs. 5. Hide the drugs!' But Staley wouldnt see or talk to his bandmate. No one would ever see him alive again. Its the worst pain in the world. On one hand, the two bands got up to some hilarious business pranking each other. "The opioid explosion in recent years tells me that people feel alone," she says. I'm Melisa. He never recovered from Demris death. Following his death in 2002, Screaming Trees frontman told Rolling Stone, He never recovered from Demris death. In April 1997, Sublime entered the Billboard Top 20. Forrest called back Staleys mother Nancy and told her that theyd try to help him, though he told her he didnt know if itd work. "name": "Rock Features" At the time of his death in 2002, neither Kinney nor AIC guitarist Jerry Cantrell had spoken to Staley for more than two years. I dont wanna see people anymore and its nobodys business but mine.. Menu. Kurt Cobain short-circuited death by heroin with a shotgun blast to the head in 1994. I had the chance to throw out all this anger by the music in order to help others. According to David de Sola's book Alice In Chains: The Untold Story, Layne Staley believed that the ghost of his late girlfriend Demri Parrott visited him just days before his April 2002 death.. .addSize([748, 200], [[728, 90]]) In 2005, Cantrell, Kinney and Mike Inez, who replaced Starr as bassist, reunited for a benefit concert. 9. I told him that John had gangrene once. In a lawsuit filed after Staley's death, his mother, Nancy Layne McCallum, alleged that at one point in the mid-'90s, her son tried to withdraw from the band to take care of his issues, but Silver forcefully pointed out that if he did, he would be putting 40 people out of work. After that, I dont think he wanted to go on.. She looks very similar to Staley's longtime girlfriend and eventual fianc Demri Parrott. Staley's final public performance was in Kansas City, Mo., in 1996. To quote a Staind album title, the legacy of Dirt is colored by 14 shades of gray. "I never wanted to end my life this way," he continued, lamenting but ultimately accepting his decision to start using crack cocaine and heroin years before. hp: 1, "I was trying to kick this habit out of my life, and here comes this man asking for money to buy some smack." Demri Parrott - Facts, Bio, Favorites, Info, Family | Sticky Facts Its a very difficult thing to explain. Next Most people who love Sublime today are fans of a band that Nowell hasnt been a living member of for 15 years. Alice In Chains drummer Sean Kinney told Greg Prato in the book Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History Of Seattle Rock Music that Staley had long resigned himself to an early grave: Layne told me straight up, Im never coming back. }, googletag.cmd.push(function() { "position": 3, "@type": "ListItem", In 2009, Alice In Chains released Black Gives Way To Blue, its first album of original material in 14 years. Pick it up, this is a classic. Neither Demris mother nor Laynes stepfather have been able to confirm that. apstag.setDisplayBids(); He wasn't really into the trumpet, but the drums he loved. Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley and model Demri Parrott's relationship started as a fairytale but turned out a tragic love story that people can still remember. "I got [a] call saying that my dad had died, [but] my family always knew he was around doing all kind of drug,"he's quoted as saying in the book. He ended up in the hospital. He looked like an 80-year-old version of himself, Seattle music journalist Jeff Gilbert told Prato. The host focuses on a section of his studio `gallery and makes references to those who have `crossed over.He also conducts one-on-one sessions with audience members and celebrity guests., While watching Crossing Over, Layne turned to Mike and said, Demri was here last night. Demri did not get Layne started in drugs his history was prior to her and tons of people know that.. var mapping2 = googletag.sizeMapping() (Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage). Demri Parrott Wiki & Bio - Everipedia.org She was around five feet tall-maybe even shorter-and was stunningly beautiful. Layne Thomas Staley wasn't born Layne Thomas Staley. Its known that both Parrott and Staley were struggling with their drug addiction problems for a very long time until the young couples early and unexpected deaths. Demri Parrott - IMDb googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_content_1', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-3') That was the last time Staley would do a major tour. Im not doing well. .defineSizeMapping(mapping1) Demri Parrott died on October 29, 1996. Can you try to talk sense to him?, Forrest agreed to, and he and Frusciante visited Staley at his Seattle condo. 4. .addService(googletag.pubads()); A year after his death, a rare interview emerged with Staley that he'd given with Argentinean writer and music fan Adriana Rubio, titled Layne Staley: Angry Chair A Look Inside the Heart and Soul of an Incredible Musician. Layne Staley died on April 5, 2002. Demri Parrott was former ex-girlfriend of singer Layne Staley from Alice in Chains. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_top_1', [[300,250],[336,280],[728,90],[970,90],[970,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-1') Layne and Mark Lanegan Discussed Collaborating, We talked about [working together] from time to time, Mark Lanegan told CDNow in April 2002. Alice In Chains 2.0 became a band with two lead singers, with Cantrell frequently dueting with DuVall or taking lead vocals on his own. Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley had one of the mightiest voices in rock history and alongside Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, among others was one of the greatest figures to come out of the grunge movement that originated in his native Seattle, Washington. The end everyone saw coming had finally arrived. Frusciante was hesitant to visit Staley because he didnt think you could really preach to somebody about getting clean, but Forrest was adamant about trying to help him. This marriage of sound and fury unites Dirt as a justifiably unpleasant concept record of immense (and immensely sickening) power. An appearance at Cypress Hills Smokeout Festival followed in October, and the bands first tour commenced in April 2010. "item": { In 1988, Layne Staley met Demri Lara Parrot, a model who would eventually become a grunge icon. But his love of Tommy Lee wasn't the only reason he swapped out his middle name. }); If its coming from someone, not in her obit or living in Seattle its probably not true and can certainly be verified through one of them. A stiff cocktail of drugs composed of cocaine, codeine, and morphine was rattling around his ravaged, 86-pound frame. There was a stash of cocaine and two crack pipes on the table. Alice In Chains: The Untold Story author David de Sola shared some information with Alternative Nation about the wedding that never came to be between Staley and Parrott, and how the planned site of the wedding eventually was where a much sadder event took place. "I promised that I would always be there for my children," she said to TheSeattle Times. The memories alone give me a contact high. Both Jerry Cantrell, the other engine driving Alice in Chains, and drummer Sean Kinney openly talk about their sobriety these days, but are none too specific about the substances, other than booze, at the source of their addictions. But he did take time to discuss his relationship with his biological father, saying he went off on a journey at age 16 to find his estranged dad, only to find out just enough regarding his father's lifestyle to give up the effort. A syringe loaded with a fresh supply of heroin sat in his hand; a used needle lay at his feet. What happened to Demri? According to MTV, the book "Layne Staley: Angry Chair" details the AIC singer's final interview with author Adriana Rubio, an Argentinian journalist. ROCK IS DEAD? So it shouldn't surprise anyone least of fall fans of his timeless music, the millions of people who cite him as an inspiration, or anyone familiar with rock star biographies that despite his success, he lived a hard life and died too young. schain: { Genealogy for Demri Lara Parrott (1969 - 1996) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. "@type": "ListItem", "I believe that there's a wonderful place to go to after this life, and I don't believe in eternal damnation for anyone," he said to Rolling Stone in 1996. "@type": "BreadcrumbList", One of the many drenched-in-drug moments revealed in David de Sola's new book, "Alice in Chains: The Untold Story," has Cobain and Staley striking a deal while the bands were on tour in Rio de Janeiro. Starr was likely the last one to see him alive. The two had argued over Staley's condition until Staley threatened to end the friendship if Starr reached out to the authorities. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_content_3', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-5') The story of Sublime is one of the strangest and most tragic tales in all of 90s rock. He insisted he wanted to play down his addiction because he was worried that wearing it on his sleeve would turn fans on to drugs, which had gone from a fun hobby to a life-threatening burden. He would never perform with Alice In Chains again. According to The Book Of Rock Lists by Dave Marsh and Kevin Stein (1981 ed. The pain is more than you can handle. You dont get the same singular experience listening to Godsmack (which took its name from a Dirt track), Staind, or Creed, who adopted the superficialities of Alice In Chains sonic and thematic signposts and reconfigured them into interchangeably angsty and thuddingly poppy plop-metal. Who Was With Demri Parrott When She Died? - FAQS Clear Im not going to quit doing drugs. It was therapeutic and worked for me for a while, until my dad saw my picture printed on a magazine." Needless to say, we missed the game and kept pretty much everyone else from watching it as well., That day we were talking and he said he had gotten a call from the old Rage Against The Machine members and they were putting together a new project, and they wanted him to audition. "When Sean got lit he was pretty unstoppable," a friend says. .addSize([0, 0], [[320, 50]]) Over a torturously slow metal-blues riff, Staley denounces the hypocrite norm, running their boring drills, and commits himself to consuming whatever drugs are available to him. { In Greg Pratos Grunge is Dead, Laynes mother Nancy revealed that Layne was a video game freak. He had a big screen TV, 5 games 5 different gamers. It was Brads expressed intention that no one use the name Sublime in any group that did not include him, the family said, and Brad even registered the trademark Sublime under his own name. A subsequent lawsuit forced Gaugh and Wilson to tour as Sublime With Rome, but in the end they won out over Nowells family where it mattered, finally having the ability to play for the millions of people who bought Sublime records in the years after Nowells death. Demri Parrott - Listal ", "I think people would be surprised that he [Staley] was raised in the Christian Science Sunday School for twenty years," his mother, Nancy McCallum, said to Alternative Nation in 2015. "I was about 20," he said, "and music became my only obsession to stay alive. Layne Considered Sending A Demo To Jerry Cantrell. Nancy responded, Laynes got an odd sense of humor. She died in the hospital late in 1996. Band manager Susan Silver told Staley that he had to be the one to break it to ticket buyers that the concert was going to end midperformance because he was too screwed up to carry on. Demri was born in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, in the United States of America's Pacific Northwest. Hes wearing gold Elvis sunglasses and talking about partying with the other bands on tour and hanging with champion skateboarder Remy Stratton. He was 44 years old. By the time Staley actually was a star, he traded in the poufy-haired bravado of glam for the vein-popping gutter grime of Alice In Chains. People Projects Discussions Surnames Staley and Parrott met in 1988 while she was working at a store called Saturdays. But when the band was recording in Los Angeles during the Rodney King riots in 1992, Staley would hit the scary streets, desperate to score. { His friend and Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan opened up about his death saying that Staley never recovered from Demris death so it was the main reason behind his death. Cantrell recalled to Charles R. Cross of Rolling Stone how he met his lead singer: Its a Seattle party, and Staley is standing in the middle of it all, his hair dyed a bright glam-rock pink and teased with a hair clip atop his tiny frame. .addService(googletag.pubads()); But everyone starts somewhere. She also has Demris engagement ring that Layne gave her. (Terry McGinnis/WireImage). I hadnt seen him in a couple of years and wasnt prepared for it. That night, Alice in Chains bassist Mike Starr, who had just been tossed from the band, claimed he actually died and came back as he bounced from shooting up with one famed musician to the other. .build(); She was the biological daughter of Kathleen Ann ne Austin and . He seriously, seriously hated "Rutherford." Sublime proved to be an ideal band for a generation that approached rock music with an irreverent, hip-hop-inspired sensibility. The Tragic Death Of Alice In Chains' Layne Staley - Grunge.com (Instrumental), She Was My Girl, Pig Charmer, Anger Rising, S.O.S., Give It a Name, Thanks Anyways, 31/32.Brighten (Jerry Cantrell solo record) consists of 9 tracks: Atone, Brighten, Prism of Doubt, Black Hearts and Evil Done, Siren Song, Had to Know, Nobody Breaks You, Dismembered, Goodbye.PAYPAL: https://bit.ly/2RlNUWCWHAT IS CLASSIC ROCK? Self: 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. "It was only five or six shows, and by the end of the last one, it was cops, ambulances, and, 'Get on the plane! } The difference on Black Gives Way To Blue was, as the title suggested, a shift in perspective. Starr himself had drug issues and, like Staley, succumbed to their power. eyewitness account from Thorntons bassist Curtis Tillman. They began dating a short time after they saw each other. "position": 1, Other than that, there was no promotional concert tour for Sublime, or any new music to follow it up. But rather than a heartwarming reunion between father and son, his dad's habits rubbed off on him when he was trying to stay clean. He was reporting on his own ongoing dissolution, giving the play-by-play on his soul being ripped away from him. (Handout). .addService(googletag.pubads()); *Confusion. According to Ferrano, even though everyone around them knew that they decided to accuse Parrott of causing Staleys addiction and depression.