The Sony people were trying to use me as eyes and ears to report backis he doin drugs? He was traveling with a bodyguard hired specifically to keep his drug use in check, but after the show he overdosed. It was never about, How are we going to prop him up to get him on a tour? I had this conversation with Layne over and over and over after the success of Facelift: Your health is the most important thing. Im all up for experimenting with certain things with responsability but heroine, cocaine, meth and those kind of drugs are out of the question. Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. 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 (Seattle). She had three younger half-brothers from her mother's side, Devin Remme . Not trying to get anything out of you, no anger, but if what you say is true, and I believe you, Rosheen wouldve passed in April 1998. Still, according to the Amber report, Demri was able to get help and quit using drugs. However, there was infidelity on both ends, many described their relationship as open. To give Layne and Demri a fair and honest recording of their life stories. Thank you, I know you may not get the chance to answer this. One story has Demri trying to kick drugs & dating a coke dealer in the final days of her life. One Day Ay A Time. As a loved one, you have to be alert. Great work and it happens faster than you know and very few actually survive this mistake. Layne tried it, loved it. Please if you ever get a chance, write that book. After a long time of trying to stop and being unsuccessful you willingly succumb to ityou just give up!!! The Koa story has her at Laynes place until about 8 days before she passed. Im sure if I did I would snatch it up with excitement in my heart and then eventually growl under my breathe a little and put it back.. who knows though I might buy it. One night, Alice in Chains dressed up as strippers in skimpy panties and combat boots, and followed Van Halen on stage, aping their signature walk. 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. Anyways, I would love to hear an update from you, as to how youre doing, and hopefully feeling better. I dont think a lot of people understand how much damage it does. When Layne would relapse or even admit to weakness in the last few years that I knew them Jerry would get very patronizing and very smug. Drugs can bring you to the highest heights. I wanted to also check in on you and see how youre doing with your recovery and your heart? I think this is Rachel that made Andys purple hand hat. I cant put my finger on it, but it wasnt what I wanted out of a $200 book. I realize this stuff is old news for you guys, but for people who are just coming to this subject (who have a passion to know the truth) the information via comments on this site is vital. If your brain and body like it your brain and your body will talk you into trying it again.. and again and before you know itand pretty soon you cant stop itand even if your brain and your body agree with your heartdrug addiction is cunning. No drug dens. Rosheen and Demri RIP Rosheen Raugi June 19th 1997 Rosheen was my best friend. She had allegedly accepted that drugs would kill her, and so she continued to use. I have IBS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, so I shouldnt be taking anything, but the pain is so bad. had an issue and he couldnt stop. so thank you again for all this and hope you are well. Haha. To be honest.. Ive never read Demris obituary but wed have to ask the person who wrote it why Rosheen was not mentioned.. maybe they did not want to confuse people? 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. I think of her all the time, and how our similarities made me feel so much better about myself as a teenager. Demri was sweet and helpful and fun. Barbara you are right on that they suffered from a fatal disease- and also right that drugs arent worth dabbling in. He was also reported to be put under suicide watch. AiC was playing a show that night at an old fire station in Redmonddo you remember that place? Its just talk. And things like that. A friend once said that "Demri was not a hippy, goth, grunge girl she was her own creation. I do know someone who read Mike Starr biography thing he did and said he really had tickets on himselfhe couldnt express enough how much women loved him. Thanks for keeping this site up. Barbara thanks for putting your heart into this and also for educating people about drugs. Who was more self conscience than Layne esp. Her smile, always sincere, always beautiful show who she was and how she was. Was it a physical predisposition to everything out there? I hope and pray that youre ok today, to live and tell more of your story. If it is truth you have lost more than your Demi but a sibling with a D too. I relapsed and used from april to june of 18. Are there any pictures of her last months of her life / heroin days? She also had a younger step-sister, Christa Dougherty. As for the book both Mike and Layne told me they wanted to sue her because it was full of lies. Stop!! 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. Its like someone out there looking for a job and you cant find one but you keep trying and trying but after a while you just give in to the fact that its not going to happen and you stop trying. I never met him, but thats according to people who did. Hes got this Im Jerry Cantrell and youre not sort of attitude. Demri HATED being known as Laynes girlfriend.If I had a quarter for all the times she and I were approached with I know youyoure Laynes girlfriend and she would step back and reply No, I am Demri I would take all of us to Vegas. I felt "It was a "waste" in that Demri did not get all the great things . her relationship with Layne Staley, the singer of rock band Alice in Chains. Unfortunately she died from a heroin overdose in 1996. He ended up in the hospital. You are the only one on the internet who knows about those days, and any info on Demri, Layne, Chris, Andy, or others in the Seattle Grunge Scene would be appreciated. I just had to say it. We never celebrated my birthday so she wanted to be clean so we could which was on the 28th. For those that have been debating on whether to buy it or not, I say, save your money. Date of birth: February 22, 1969 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. I try to not let bad things that happen to me in life to drive me to get high. Demri died in October 1997, and you say that Rosheen died six months later. But sometimes feeling it completely is what we need to do. 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. The website will forever live on my server for those seeking to learn a little more. Certain parts of this story are definitely true. It needs to be a full on mission or its 100% harder. Who was she as a child and a teenager? watch?v=dBZm-_6Qa3k Johnny was a Godsent to Layne. sonuta bouna dememi love hate love'de " live for you but 'm not alive" diye. I moved thousands of miles away, he changed his email address and, though we spoke on the phone a few times since then it was only about little things. Your writing gripped me immediately once you mentioned how magnetic some people could appear to us. In my experience the Demri info isnt accurate. All the pain and suffering when their lives could have been filled with so much love and happiness. Not sure why but it left me feeling weird. I heard that methadone is harder to kick than H in some cases. Writing about my life and the lives of the people I lost and actually having people care enough to read and respond was a HUGE blessing for 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. 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. Yes, families fight, a lot, but in death should not peace be made between everyone? Im not sure if this message goes to Barbara, or not. Demri was okay with paying half, but not all. Try whatever it takes and if youre NOT an addict then all you have to do is never try it in the first place!!! Is that because of damage to his skeletal system due to heroin? Boredom plays a role and if your a recovering addict you have to keep yourself busy. As mean and selfish as it may sound for an addict to abandon their loved ones THATS exactly what I am talking about! Friends report that she was incredibly skinny and her face was sunken in during this time. Demri died from endocarditis; a bacterial infection of the heart valves which is mainly caused by IV drug use and yes dirty needles. You can just tell when you talk to certain people, especially females. I adored the both of them, but we definitely had plenty of conversations that were like, Look, its not fair for me to say whats right or wrong for you guys But I got to the point where I was like, I cant have this goin on here and be wonderin if you guys are gonna wake up or not., SUSAN SILVER Not that the others werent heavily into drugs, too, but Layne was clearly so deepit was so dangerousthat all of our lives centered around how to aid him. (The ones that used and didnt contract it, were generally the ones that either snorted or shot with clean needles. I know many Alice In Chains fans dislike her because she got Layne into heroin. and yeah, Jerry writes beautiful music as well as Layne did..also, can someone confirm me if Layne did live with Mark Laneganfinding it a bit strange, dunno..ive read some of Lanegans interviews where it says that aroun 98 he mostly lived around L.A, just moved therewhatever, and by the way, Im also a big Nirvana fan, can you Barbara or someone here confirm me if Kurt Cobain was friends with Layne? Now for the more positive things: Demri Parrott (which I recently found out was pronounced Puh-Row) was described by everyone who knew her as a bubbly, charismatic and beautiful girl. Now to think theres Demri fan sites and Facebook groups!? Cotton Fever isnt from dirty cotton its from injecting a microscopic piece when you suction up the heroin thru it. So for all the AIC fans who hate Demri because of this, you are all wrong. Demri didnt have money she combed the carpet and started using again. Thank you for sharing this, I don't care how accurate it was. In 1996, Staley's life was turned upside down when his former fiance, Demri Lara Parrott, died of a drug overdose and when she passed, so did a bit of Staley. I miss you, Demri. ITS NOT A GLAMOROUS DRUG AND ITS NOT SOME MYSTERIOUS ROCK STAR SHIT. Worth having a look my friend. He loved Oscar, his sisters baby. 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 dont update it much but sometimes I add to the pages more.. like I did this one recently. Jerry was REALLY different back then. We tried to before but couldnt really connect with Nancy- too much focus on Laynes addiction and Heroin, and yknow there was a lot more to those times than just that. We all know parts of things, combined it all might make sense one day huh? She wasnt out getting loaded and living it up thats Rachels story. She has been an extremely impressionable part of my lifeand it warms my heart to see her honored. He was in the middle of drawing a very cool cartoon for him when he died. Also, you mentioned the pain she was in, & how her mother, Kathleen tried so much to help. In no way did I mean to upset anyone on this site. 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? William DuVall later replaced Staley and Duff McKagan joined on rhythm guitar. : ( Layne Thomas Staley Layne Staley Demri Lara Parrott Seattle Music Mad Season 90s Rock Grunge Fairy Aic Alice In Chains More information . RIP. Kurt Cobain short-circuited death by heroin with a shotgun blast to the head in 1994. >:(. It will take a different catalyst for every addict to finally take that leap off the cliff and get helpsome will need to be love bombed, some will need tough love jail is not the answer but ALL will need the help of people who understand them and wont judge them and a very strong and loving support system, also time away from their old friends, sometimes family and the places theyve used in is crucial and they all need to want it at least enough to try it one day and then hopefully one more day and they will need to learn new tools to cope with their new reality and how to live their new life clean without the old faithful emotional and physical buffer of opiates. If you call 911, he wont be your friend. When young, we all do crazy, risky things, especially in the early 90s. Demris Mom Kathleen Austin and Demris 2 dearest friends Cody, Mara and Fabiola 2010. I think Jerry really was sincere, too, at least back then. Im not doing well. Which makes the seductive drugs become even more powerful. thanks for enjoying the post, i think at some point in the future i'll write a longer one with more details (especially positive ones), it feels impossible to do her justice in just a few paragraphs, The last of your months ..days ..none of this matters? Oh man, the Koa story. Comfotably numb. Then there was some stuff with his mother that I just cant share here. He found her like that, turned on the heating, drove home and did his laundry, leaving her in the car. Demri Lara Parrott Murphy (February 22nd 1969 - October 29th 1996) was an American model, artist, and muse, and an amateur actress, girlfriend and later fiancee of Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley. I know that. I wish Demri had that same desire, to want to be an actress/model, who read books, studied acting. I need spell check! She was then determined to help her then-boyfriend, Layne to get clean but she couldnt. Much love and respect to everyone that Layne touched. Sorry I really wasnt trying to make this about me just stating that the daily struggle is so hard and it always helps to have those who have been there talk you through it. I have had major issues with drugs and alcohol (off and on) since I was in my early teens and I could have 100 people tell me that I could always visit or talk with them when Im feeling down however I always had a hard time with that because its hard to explain to someone if theyve never been there. Its nice to see this page and realize how much she was loved. I found this online, in case some of you havens seen it before. HML from what I understand, Layne spent a lot of time in the slumped forward position while he was nodding when heroin users experience their rush and then get sleepy they sortof nod off and then wake up and then nod again He used for so long and slumped forward a long time and that affected his posture and height. Actually I was bothered by it though. Demri Parrott died on. Staley and Parrott, by then his fiance, went to rehab together at least once. Did Layne Staley write a song about Demri Parrott? I gotta say, if demri had lived, layne would be here to, No doubts, if she had gotten clean, there would have been hope, and this world would be a better place. Hope to read some more posts soon. Makes me wonder whether genius will always, without exceptions, come with an enormous cost. He had someone call a psychic for him to make sure that he would be okay. Then Demri starts to get sick, and shes in the hospital many times, her heart, her lungs. She knew him off the drugs and on and had been there from the start. Anyways, I can imagine what Layne and his girl were going through when people you thought were your friends are either with you or against you and the others are there because your famous and providing whatever you need. Layne and Mike Starr were watching television on April 4, 2002, the day before Staley died of a heroin overdose. 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. Its not easy but it is possible!! they're narcissists what fuck over and throw away everything good they have in their lives.. feel sorry for fuckers struggling to survive in the third world instead of overprivileged fucks who destroy themselves on drugs cos they're so obsessed with themselves and their inadequacies.. self-fulfilling prophecies.. gross.. when you really think about it. Haha! In the position he was in, its probably the only way he couldve had a lasting relationship. What a cute smile! The group didnt release another album with Staley following their eponymous third studio album in 1995, which gave Alice In Chains their first number one record in the United States. Those guys literally made magic and Im so grateful to even have existed when they all did. Demri is a beautiful woman. Not all people are cruel. They were both hardcore heroin addicts and much of their life and their relationship was very, very ugly. There were reports that he would go to Toys R Us to buy games and return home, but always by himself." I breed dogs, I work in tech support and Im a web designer.. not in a MILLION years would anyone have guessed that about me. By the way she didnt like her name shorted she loved the unique name of Demri. But nevertheless, Starr still blamed himself and never even spoke about it until that Celebrity Rehab . Crazy. She is too tall.. too lean wrong body type.. cant see her face.. wrong hair.. wrong clothes.. just not her. Maybe Ill find a little peace now even without credibility, just like you always thought was possible. Yes, I like both men and women. 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