I want to protect her from the despair, shame, guilt, pain, and the rest of the feelings that go hand in hand with drug addiction/mental illness. 2nd have some compassion or can you not readI have just been told I am dying of cancer and yes I have kids too and am a single parent at that with bills as wellso I understand all to well and I too am a recovering addictI in no way was ugly to no-one whatsoever!!!!!! I left Seattle because I was very stupidly stuck on Layne and I knew that probably nothing was going to come of it. It is such a sad situation. It is heartbreaking the way Layne died and was not found for 2 weeks. Its the worst pain in the world. She was vacant, self-serving and morally bankrupt. I hate to stop before I am finished with something and will work 72 hours straight to get something finished no matter what even being my own boss. I know that this might sound discouraging for the addicts whose reading this but if theyre heroin addicts then they already know the harsh truth. Most of her friends described her as a very sweet and beautiful person, kind, peaceful and artistic.She met musician Layne Staley of Alice in Chains at a store called "Saturdays" where she was working, in 1988. I will also never let you be forgotten as long as my heart beats.this website was made in memory of you, Layne and Rosheen..and now sadly, Mike too. The report further exposed that Parrot did not use it until the Alice in Chains singer became a part of her life. Endocarditis is the end result of shooting with dirty needles or sharing them. Im just happy more people came out and started to share pictures of her. She did not need makeup to shine. They both were on a downward spiral without a safety net. Beautiful, dedication, Demri, Demri Parrot, Picture, Pictures, Rest in Peace. Demri didnt wear glasses like that girl. Later, as he got deeper into heroin, he almost seemed stooped over and maybe a little bow legged in AICs last concerts in 96. This website was also made with the AIC fans in mind and to introduce you to themthe real Demri not just the girlfriend of Layne Staley. me too, i wonder what it is about her that's so magnetic! when the crew were dealers too. I was somewhat envious of her because Layne always seemed to forgive her each time, and there is something TO that, but at the same time I felt I was right; she was making a mess of things and she was in big trouble. She had been in and out of the hospital a lot, and I am sure her mother did everything she could to help her. So it is that Alice in Chains, with its influential blend of heavy metal and grunge, which plays on. I hope so. Those guys literally made magic and Im so grateful to even have existed when they all did. Yes, she was so beautiful, and the love of his life. However, there was infidelity on both ends, many described their relationship as open. His body took a while to die, but his spirit lived on, as did Demris, after her passing. But it did allow me to come over for several days and get things clean a tidy, although Demri was always a neat freak around me. e_biggrin.gif ) His anime of choice back then was Vampire Princess Miyu. Reading through the stories of Demris existence is at the same time beautiful and awful. Once he moved to that place, I didnt talk to him. I struggle everyday to not use heroin. Laynes music has always spoke to me and I know a lot of it has to deal with how brutally honest he always was with his struggles. Once you fall, that base diminishes. So im postive thats why Demri got so sick again after her heart surgery cause her new valve was so sensitive. She died last March. Its the nature of things and I think that this is dictated by how we feel about certain people.). Mark and Layne were really cool together. I didnt know any of these. Otherwise its just another chain.. you cant go without. I guess there is so little real information out there, so these kinds of stories become defacto fact. The reason Demri always stood out to me was that was always Demri. I hope they are in peace and my prayers are with the family and friends. I know I did my best or what I thought would be right. Layne is one of my favorite musicians and as soon as I saw and read about Demri, its easy to see why she was loved by so many and still is! I dont know who wrote it but if it was Kathleen I would guess that she could not mention everyone and I bet a lot of important people were not mentionedbecause only Demri really knew who mattered the most to her just like you only know who is really important to you. She was human. Makes me scared to have children. What do I have to do? 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. Especially if youre their parents, siblings or children. And there used to be a girl in my life who reminds me of Demri a lot. Mrs. Austin, you tell of how Demri suffered, how she had gifts, it was her calling in life to teach and not to learn and to give unconditional love to all, yet you put her grandmother and the headstone that she made for Demri, down. Heroin usually either ends in jail, life long opiate replacement programs like methadone or suboxone or death. It sucks that NOBODY commented other than the one person but most people are so busy they dont even know its Oct 29th. Hey Barb if Dem were alive today, what do you think shed be doing? I try to study the different religions, lead a good life, treat others like I want to be treated and reach out to others who need it. We will met them (again) and all together we will party and laught up avobe someday. Its a tribute vid, and at 5:45 (and I mean exactly easy to miss!) 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. It means so much to me. Thank you and I am sorry too just been very emotional lately with all going onno disrespect to this wonderful page or people. I feel a very strange connection to him, like I can almost remember bits and pieces of his life through my own eyes. Also I do know Rachel was trying to be there for Layne after Demri died and he did let her but he said not romantically. I have nooo clue i would never have imagined in a million years Id be doing what Im doing today if I was asked back thenI have 3 kids.. Demri and I share the same birthday. Tell them you love them every chance you get! I know its been mentioned she was to keep her distance from the band later on but I thought you might have some fun memories travelling together to see some AIC gigs from earlier in the picture? 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. But, if you do, you could save a life. Devido ao abuso de drogas, Parrott lutou com problemas cardacos e passou por vrias cirurgias de corao aberto. "Go f-----g do it now.". She died about three months after the Unplugged album was recorded. Heroin isnt a social drug that you experiment with. Staley's final public performance was in Kansas City, Mo., in 1996. He was dressed as a monster that night and no one recognized him. . I think that a lot of facts that she put on the story are true, BUT..she def. It seems that Demri and Layne took pleasure in hurting one another until it got to be too much. . I mean no disrespect with this question. Thanks again!! Sean Kinney, Layne Staley, Mike Starr and Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains during an In-Store record promotion in Los Angeles in September 1990. Thanks for setting the record when it needs to beK, COMMENT LEFT ON ORIGINAL POST: DARIN LAMBS GUEST POST ONE OF LAYNE AND DEMRIS BEST FRIENDS AND MY EX-BOYFRIEND, On this anniversary of Dems passing I just want to thank all of you especially you Barbara, Darin and Fabiola for making these bittersweet days a little brighter.when I am aching and missing her I can come here, .Perhaps my niece will write about Dems life it seems some folks are interested.but Ill need you guys for those times.we were so close as you knowthe misinformation and assumptions out there just doesnt get itthanks for truthlove you kathleen, COMMENT LEFT ON ORIGINAL POST: DARINS GUEST POST COMMENTS. I am aware however that when your in heroin there is no thinking positive when your adducted to it because your brain is drained of the hormone that makes you happy. I recently watched the Andrew Wood documentary and your words had me in floods of tears. Does that not spread to ones own family? Wish me luck xxx. Just thinking about it. Then I read this post and it all made sense who this Koa is and what her role might have been in their lives. Again Thank you so much for sharing your story it is important that we all share our stories with each other openly and honestly so another person does not fall into the same trap. The sad parts of all of our lives are the MOST important cautionary tales on this website.. written for someone who needs to hear it or some kid or young adult who thinks they just wanna try heroin someday Do not do it! Im not using drugs to get high like many people think. I pray every day that he does not experiment with H, because I know that he will not come back from that. Such a sad story. I remember the first time I heard AIC I was living close to the beach and just started smoking weed and I surfed every day. What makes it better though is knowing that Layne and Demri, and her friend, Rosheen, are all together now, in each others company, waiting to reunite with the rest of their loved ones in eternity some day. (Handout). Also you dont party on heroin you longing about, nodding out, maybe drooling on yourself, and falling asleep in the middle of a sentence. ITS NOT A GLAMOROUS DRUG AND ITS NOT SOME MYSTERIOUS ROCK STAR SHIT. Adalsteinn, thank you so much for your kind comment so many years ago Thank you for this wonderful website. Rest in Peace our sweet angels. I try to not let bad things that happen to me in life to drive me to get high. Dont try to contact any AIC (Alice in Chains) members. For all the site! Not knowing how dangerous heroin was, getting into it and then just not being able to get out not realizing when getting into it that it is something that someone cant get out of, seems just heartbreaking. I honestly hope so but if not.. no judgment here just love and understanding. I first heard nutshell about a year ago and had to find the source of that sound.It was here that I found AIC + the voice of Layne. I had an office in town and they kept bugging me to come over. 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. Jerry did do some heroin but he was all about coke, girls, money and fame. Layne was never the agile and charismatic musician since the death of his ex, Demri Parrott in 1996. Murphy, and Christa Dougherty (step-sister)) Thank you for sharing, although I dont know if you revealed way too many private details. Although she is not here in body, I can guarantee she is here in spirit, watching everyone and is beside her mother. They were both so beautiful in their own weird way. 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. And their angel wings. And I agree, no one should die the way he did, junkie or not. She was apparently very chatty, witty and loud. I find it hard to believe. You have to completely get away from your environment you used in like the whole city you gotta find all new friends and you need to want it more then anything else!! Things were mellow, Layne was doing really well. Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Please if you ever get a chance, write that book. She attended school in Arlington, Washington. Demri was in and out of the hospital for the last couple of years of her life.At the time of her death, she was clean, but for her last hours, she was at a friend's house, who took her to Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland, Washington, and recognized too late that she wasn't doing well on the pills she'd ingested. Jerry loved the rock star lifestyle and didnt want to give it up and he was pissed at Layne. Layne helped him a lot in a lot of ways. Have a look see and enjoy! I think Demris Mom confirmed that guy was NOT her boyfriend so it was either a friend or someone that picked her up. Although Demri passed anyway, her mother remembers her fondly and without regret or anger. Who was more self conscience than Layne esp. Kurt and Layne knew each other. A friend once said that "Demri was not a hippy, goth, grunge girl she was her own creation. 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. However, a report claimed that a friend of the former couple named Amber Ferrano alleged that it was Layne who introduced his 5 feet tall petit ex-girlfriend to drugs. Kinney, though, continued to have fun the old-fashioned way on the Shi--y Cities tour in 1992. I knew Andy before her, but I started getting a lot closer to Xana than I ever had with him. Rest in peace beautiful angels. If boundaries are established upfront, some of these issues can be avoided. There were reports that he would go to Toys R Us to buy games and return home, but always by himself." He was not her boyfriend he was older than her parents, but he was in love with her and thought the were going to get married. I have a respectable job and the only way I could keep it was to get right before I went to work and I would spend a 2 week pay check in 3 days and starve for 2 weeks. I guess its possible that he dated someone else for a short time in between but everybody knows that heroin addicts have major issues with impotency so its not like he was gonna be grinding away with someone else. Yet, MM continued on til the day she died. I also have been a person who had/has major responsibilities and grew up in a household where I was the adult and my parents were the kids and I started numbing myself and on the slow suicide. The surgery went good..(tryin to hurry) after surgery i got on suboxone n was doing really good for 6 months. Demri was five feet tall and tiny, and Xana was six feet tall and, like, Amazon. Finally, Starr left angry. She very much held her own identity and path. Yeah were gay, wanna join us? LOL! And did you ever see Mad Season play live? It was hard to tell because as many times as he said it was over, she was still going around town telling everyone that they had gotten married. Laura. Im her age, a Seattle native and recently lost my sister to heroin. Demri lapsed into a coma and spent the last 12 hours of her life unconscious in an intensive care unit at Evergreen Hospital, with only her mother and her aunt by her side, before doctors turned off the life-support machines on the morning of October 29, 1996. It was kept by a friend over the years, who had it in a box and it was in perfect condition. 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. Ethnicity: English, Swiss-German, Irish, Scottish, remote Welsh, possibly 1/64th Cherokee Native American Demri Parrott was an American model. Demri & Layne Music by Nathan Moore - CheckmatePlease subscribe and help our Demri & Layne YouTube community grow. 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. And thank you very much for your attention and respect with us fans! I listen to Chloe Dancer and think of how I want my life to be as beautiful as that song. Believe me they love you!! She said take her to Capital Hill to Rehab so he thought he was (per what he told me). Go to you tube, type in temple of the dog off ramp cafe. His vocals cannot be matched. So thats what i have been doing staying clean. A lot of creativity! I hope things are getting better for you and if not you hear me and please go get help. Stay blessed, Xana. On drugs and needing the klonapin I am sure she didnt discourage his feelings but more so she didnt want to hurt his feelings. Probably every home in America has it, so it would be easy to squire. For my own sobriety I need to stay away from addicts. He had that presence that gave you goosebumps and made you want to move closer or turn up the volume. Without happiness in your life life is not worth much. I am very sorry about your lossI hate cancer and congrats on doing good, keep strong. But NOBODY should romanticize this story. I think at that point Jerry got pissed and tired of waiting around and did his own music. She was of Native American (Cherokee), Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English, and Swiss-German . " Kinney recalls. I know that. Barbara you remember when you came into the room at the hospital and thought you were interrupting and we got Rachel to leave so you could have some private time with Demri and she thanked you saying she felt like she had vultures over her and could feel Rachel wanted her to die so she could have Layne. I wrote the following tweetstorm to remember her (and him) for the occasion: Most, if not all of that material was in my book, where Layne and Demri's relationship and her . I believe Layne when he said before his passing that Demri visited him. Alice in Chains was opening for Van Halen on tour in 1991 when Staley, prompted by Parrott, started using. Thought the site was abandoned but I know life gets in the way. You know that feeling you get throughout your body when you accomplish a goal and you are gratified? 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. Regardless, they were engaged for a short time. What a hard an painful situation. 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! . Crazy. No, ive never met you, but I still care about you and your family. One Day Ay A Time. They didnt want people to be too scared to call them. OK, Ill stop now; I just wanted to write that to someone who understands, so thank you if you read this rambling mess. Demri counted on Layne & others to help, & they did. But in continuing with heroin and coke, she damaged her body more, to the point of no return. Just not interested in other peoples opinions or stories, they bore me. My nickname growing up was AD so if it was shortened by her she would call herself little D. Dont know unless she was doing a rap thing if she did that with others but do remember her correcting people who did say Dem, not Demri even to me. She was having a harder time this time and told him to take her to Capital Hills to get drugs he said, No! Thats when he came back and Demri left. Drugs can bring you to the highest heights. Many people looked after her, while Layne was on tour. I always had faith in you though. She wanted the 27 club, and she got it, much to everyone who loved her, bringing them such sorrow. Its hard to have someone understand that you didnt get off the couch all day because you just couldnt get up or because you want to rip the painful gaping hole out of your chest. We never celebrated my birthday so she wanted to be clean so we could which was on the 28th. He didnt seem to want to do it because he had a bad feeling about it. But, when you have someone over 6ft tall and weighing under 90 lbs, its time to step in. God Bless. Enjoy the site and remember the point is to remember those who have DIED due to this reason. Unconditional love? Hopefully others will not make the same mistakes that so many of us have. Every addict Ive read about has said the same thing. All of you stay safe and strong and Barbara thanks so much for sharing with all of us fans out there! Its just heartbreaking and I believe this site will help people not to ever get into it and this site and your efforts are saving countless people from such a sad fate. Still makes me very sad to this day as well, some pain never goes away I guess. "He was sort of a classic destroyer of hotel rooms.". It has been very therapeutic for me over the years and it has helped to keep Demris memory alive and has introduced her name to so many who never knew who she was which was my original goal. her relationship with Layne Staley, the singer of rock band Alice in Chains. Aftermath [ edit] Ive read about how Demris was stuck inside her home with the dealers waiting by her front door somewhere. Unfortunately she died from a heroin overdose in 1996. That was the last time Staley would do a major tour. Friends report that she was incredibly skinny and her face was sunken in during this time. Demri has haunted me on a regular almost daily basis since I first learned about her story. However they clearly adored each other and this is why they remain such a large part of each others legacy. 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