Heroin becomes their lover, their mother, their friend. She would have made it clear when she was in a better place to do so, not while one is kicking. David Lee Roth's opinion on Freddie Mercury and Queen Paul Stanley doesn't agree that Rock and Roll is dead By then, Demri had also become addicted to heroin. Makes me scared to have children. Then again, all the dealers would come to his house anyway, because, hey, he was Layne Staley. Given the seriousness of why you were there you thought she would be upset and she was glad to have you there and her gone. To give Layne and Demri a fair and honest recording of their life stories. I guess most all questions have been answered on this lovely site. Get help for yourself from someone whose been there or a professional and they can help you learn how to handle your specific situation better. Im sure we all have that person that has this strange magnetic effect on us and we dont exactly know why. Jessica, not sure if you will get this its been awhile since you wrote it but I dont update this site very often anymore. Did you hear this new record by this band? And I loved itI thought it was so cute. I am sure that he was pressured to go on tour and not feeling well decided that instead of letting the fans down and letting them see him in that state he felt he had a better chance stating away from that pressure. Around 94 Layne began to realize that to become clean and stay with her, she also needed to be clean. 2). Typos. Some people are predisposed to addiction and so their story is written for them. Someone who took many drugs, uppers, downers,narcotics, yet she always tried to better herself, in acting, in life. Demri has haunted me on a regular almost daily basis since I first learned about her story. Was just curious about that. They were freaked out by it all and didnt understand it. Layne was around more drugs due to his lifestyle. So im postive thats why Demri got so sick again after her heart surgery cause her new valve was so sensitive. My heart goes out to Demris mother and family, same with Laynes. It was her choice, Im sure if someone could have stopped her, they would have done so. I have seen people/myself go from great people to completely changed. Not Demri, sorry. I cannot imagine how you feel I have so much empathy for you. Ive talked to you on FB and appreciate how friendly and open you are When I came to your website and pulled up Dems page, I realized I had already been here a few years ago. Anniversary of Dems passing & a note from her Mom, Darin Lamb One of Layne Staleys Best Friends. She couldve been so much more, its a shame. Demri was super-funny and very forward. Layne not accepting this, but hes starting to feel the pain also. It was the other way around. I dont know why I chose here, maybe I need to vent or maybe I just want to share a little bit of the truth as I perceived it. I do think that Demri deserves more appreciation in her own right, though. We were all rocking the grunge uniform in those early days. She was of Native American (Cherokee), Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English, and Swiss-German descent. Her cause of death was an accute intoxication and the combined effects of opiate, meprobamate and butalbital. Demri lost that place in Feb. Because she could no longer afford the rent on her own. It was copied and posted to several different places. I was a reference for him. I agree with you D and Eric, in different things a lot of that just sounds to made up..and even if Jerry is a bit arrogant or has this kind of personality-which Ive read somewhere of him being a bit hard on Layne-it doesnt mean hes not a good personShe paints him like such a BAD GUY! People around the world come here to share informations and curiosities and read stories about people you love so much. Thank you so much and its always great to hear that people are enjoying the website AND finding more about the truth compared to the hype. Anyway, Im pleased to see others still commenting in these threads. To pay for such risks with ones life is just awful and seems unfair. 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. R.I.P. Which is one thing people whove never been addicted to opiates dont always understand and maybe never can. I watched so many people either die or just become such a broken mess they probably wish they were dead. Someone asked for a video of Demrigot this from youtube its Demri and Layne singing together hope this helps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQA98ZTJDTc. You are not invincible and you cant just experiment with Heroin. She was the biological daughter of Kathleen Ann ne Austin and Dennis Wayne Dougherty, but at the time of her birth, her 18-year-old mother had been married to Stephen John Parrott, aged 21, for 21 days. MRSA has been around for quite some timeI first found out about it back in 1994/95 with some of my first nursing home patients that I transported to the E.R. It must be so painful and so hard but also them you receive these positive messages, of love towards you, towards Demri and this must be also very grateful. 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. Thank you for this website and your time. Hope you write that book about the two of them and/or those times! Kathleen, Im so sorry for your loss, I cant even imagine, but please know there are many of us who adore Layne & Demri. EVER. He thought Demri could see him from heaven so it didnt want to upset her. Yes, I like both men and women. Heroin doesnt turn you into an asshole. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBZm-_6Qa3k, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL29f0AehNI, Oh Barbara, I was just waitting for your confirmation but now im very disappointed:( But anyway thank you very much for this site. I believe that their friendship was love as well as drug based. ago These are the last photos of Demri taken 8 weeks before her death. Adalsteinn, thank you so much for your kind comment so many years ago I thought here may be a good place. 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. This blog says everything I wanted to say! The truth about the ways she lied, cheated, manipulated and stole from him have all been conveniently forgotten.". So crazy cool and I know youd agreeor I wouldnt of told my stories or shared your pictures. Finally, best of luck if you write a book Muself, I would love to produce a film documenting all of this. Please let them know that they are being thought about, and prayed for, and wishes for a Happy Christmas. Because shed been staying at his apartment at the time that she got sick (when he had gone on tour,) and according to them, he hadnt thought to leave her enough money to buy new bags of cotton for, what, ninety nine cents? 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. No clue.. maybe they didnt even know Rosheen was as important as she was to Demri. Demri Parrott died on October 29, 1996, due to an infection (bacterium) that led to death, due to the use of drugs (sharing a dirty syringe / needle). Are there any pictures of her last months of her life / heroin days? I know he was taking care of Layne and buying groceries and making sure he was eating and cared for. Lanegan was struggling to quit heroin and I would swear to this day that hes here because of Layne. 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. Most of her friends described her as a very sweet and beautiful person, kind, peaceful and artistic. The girl is shorter, but not 411 short like Demri was. She died on 29 October 1996 in Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, Washington / Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington, USA at the age of 27. 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. I miss Laynes voice so much, but I have to admit that I absolutely love Black Gives way to Blue (the song). Ward was when Layne went on tour and he quit paying rent there. Let their legacy be one of art and discovery, friendship and love. That being said im not a crazed obsessed fan but I am aware of Demri and read her story through Barbara and Darin about 10 years ago right after my heroin addiction started. The Koa story has her at Laynes place until about 8 days before she passed. Layne and Demri's relationship made me come to terms with the fact that some people in your life will just drill a hole in your head and insert themselves there and there's nothing you can do to ever get them out. Demri deserves her recognition as the true Queen of the Seattle Scene. No problem.. Haha! The day I met Demri she was wearing them, along with cut-off jeans, and a cardigan shed had since gradeschool (apparently). She turned really different, and believe me when I say that she was not truly the person that she was becoming. 1st I was not talking to you! A lot of creativity! Her memorial service took place on November 2 at Neighborhood Christian Center, and donations were made to Harborview Adult Medicine Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation, Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. They both were on a downward spiral without a safety net. I was just wondering why couldnt you guys call the cops? So heartbreaking for everyone. Regardless, they were engaged for a short time. Youve led a life that wouldve crushed a great number of people. Demri and Layne were awesome people who had a fatal disease but that did not make them bad people. Oh my she was so beautiful, so beautiful!!! Love and support to you and your family, God bless to you! PS: Sorry for my bad english, hopefully my words have been understood. Hopefully be a soulful powerhouse like him. Would love to hear & read your insights on them. Gah, Mike Starr was a weird one. Layne and Demri always thought I could help people get clean for some reason when I never did and Mike thought I could help by getting him on the show Intervention. ! But she probably would have wriggled free, and shouted, F you! My life is my own! She still looked cheerful and pretty I went to the ER and had ct and mri and found out i had endocarditis. Perhaps because her obituary mentions she loved to play in front of the camera, people have a particular hope that a video of her will someday surface. It is possible. Its people like demri and Layne who would really make you think life was worth living. Ive always thought you were such an exotic beauty. Its so sad that two talented people lost their innocent lives to the demons of drugs. He loved Layne more than anything, I think even more than Courtney sometimes (Courtney as you all know was Jerrys on off gf.) From the time I bought Facelift (14 then), until Laynes deathand to the present. Bless you. Best thing people can do is move away from everything you know and everyone you know that makes it easy. 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. 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. Stop this. It doesnt seem right to me that they continue the band because there is no improvement. Hope Im making sense. Why didnt she stay home with her Mom when Layne wasnt around? play a tattletale game. I hope and pray that youre ok today, to live and tell more of your story. She had her friends, and Layne, who made sure someone was always there to look after her. Age has shown me that its probably good that I didnt, as Ive never had any sort of chemical dependancy nor drug habits, and been overall successful in my life. Over 15,500 Americans died from a heroin overdose in 2018. I did not see anything from anyone on Thursday Oct 29 2015 about demri I guess everyone forgot. If a kittens in your bed clawing you, its a kitten, you know? You are brave and strong and you do all Demris fans a favor telling us about her and running this site. Marilyn Monroe. It will ruin your life. I knew Andy before her, but I started getting a lot closer to Xana than I ever had with him. Yes, she was sick from herion, but so was Marilyn. That would mean everything to me. 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. 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. God. You have enough money, you can go buy a cottage on the beach and be there with Demriwho was also very artisticand you can go and create whatever art you want., DAVID DUET Layne and Demri had kind of an open relationship. Barbara couldnt answer that either, and I thank her for her response on a previous post. But not in a slutty way. Nope.. 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. Layla, Ummmm people still have lives to live sir, No need to apologizeIt just shows you careI was just giving you another way to think of it but not like the person behind me answeredsaying others have lives to live etcthat is selfish and narcissistic as you know what! -Jesse, I came across this website a few days ago, and I have to admit that this is wonderful.thank you so much Barbara Darin and Mom Kathleen for sharing her memories with us! We all were our suing a buzz in those days and the idea was to just be careful. I remember I was shooting video for Nancy at one of those tributes five years ago -shooting man on the street interviews outside, and Mike pulled up in a limo and talked to some of us , and we chatted but he was high as a kite. In the position he was in, its probably the only way he couldve had a lasting relationship. My daughter was actually a big reason why I fell into darkness because her mom was making my life miserable and it made me feel absolutely worthless and then I would get high bc then I wouldnt think about it. That all makes total sense. I am not strong enough to deal with addicts bullshit anymore. It is even hard this far out but so freeingI have terminal cancer and if I could I would have love to have given your daughter whatever it was in me to make this happen so she could be here with you Addiction is a disease and one we need to address in this country very seriously without all the judgementWe shall just pray for all the negative talk out there if there is and the ironic thing is that it is those that judge other addicts that will discover it is in their own family! Hey Barb if Dem were alive today, what do you think shed be doing? And did you ever see Mad Season play live? Genealogy for Demri Lara Parrott (1969 - 1996) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. I dont know how it is nowadays though. If you need to talk to someone when times get tough just shoot me an email my address is boggs128@aol.com and I will chat with you. It changes the chemistry in your brain and you become to where you can not experience joy or happiness with out it and it takes YEARS for your brain to recuperate and those are some pretty sad years where your brain does not function properly. I found this online and I wanted to share it in case you havent read it before, Laynes girlfriend, Demri [Parrott], was the one who made the connection between our bands. Merry Christmas to you. My hope is people considering trying heroin or opiates in general just one time will read your story and Demris story and think twice. Demri died on Oct. 29th of 96 of a heroin overdose. For some reason I always thought it would be better to go out with an OD because then it wouldnt be a surprise and maybe my family wouldnt be as upset as they would with a suicide. WTF are you talking about? I visit Demris Facebook page every once in a while and Ive learned that her closest friends dont like to disclose a lot. But, I dont know of a court that would deny a parent power of attorney if they have a child on the brink of death. made up, its like she takes on real situations and then adds ugly false details here and there.. yes I have read several times that Layne and Mark Lanegan lived together for a time. (1969-1996) model, artist, grunge icon, beautiful soul Thats an actress and that picture is a screen cap from the video Sea of Sorrow. Once again, I am sorry you have lost so many people that you loved. Why? I think he lived with Ian at the warehouse on
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