17 talking about this. Services will be 10 a.m. Nov. 4 at Silverdale Baptist Church. Grief takes time. His body was found partially decomposed after his manager, Silver received a phone call from his accountant who was worried that there was no withdrawal from his account for about 2 weeks. 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. 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. She was just a friend of my roommate. If memory serves, her mother was a counselor while Demri was alive. Prayers are with you at this Holiday time. Barbera & Katherine~I am seeing this as I walk out the door, and will read more later, but I dont know who told you someone else made the blue hat, I made ALL Andys hats. Maggie Elizabeth McGraw: Who IsTim McGraws Daughter? If I didnt have anything I just wanted to give up and not go to work I have no idea how I made it through it because I called in with the flu a lot. Demri Lara Parrott, 27, of Bremerton died Oct. 29, 1996, at Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland. Having been an avid fan of grunge for well over 20 years, I had always wondered about those references to Demri in relation to Laynes demise. Look at her smile, too. You can read more about her on her FB tribute page. It was YOUR take on Demri and it made me think about my take on them as well. Think about it like this who could write a book about you? If I had been in that same situation, my own mother, who I love dearly, would not have been so loving. Ive really been inspired by a lot of Laynes music, both AIC and Mad Season. But sometimes feeling it completely is what we need to do. Or they try to do 3x what they usually do or something stupid like that. Theres an interview with AIC from 1999 on RockLine (Im sure you know it) where Layne calls in, and at the end of the interview he mentions that theres a girl he was friends with that had turned into a freak. Im trying to post a comment and a link to a video, but all that appears when I try to publish it in this site is: your comment is awaitting moderation!! I was encouraged even more to see that people actually came here to read it and asked for more. About the time that Demri was 19 and Layne was 21 in 1988, they met at a store called Saturdays. I knew she was a special person. It didnt matter if I was exhausted. Oh my she was so beautiful, so beautiful. Layne dated pornstar Tera Patrick in the 90s (she said so in her biography, she was 17 and worked as a model at the time) and also Simone Starr Farrow, the australian model (and then drug dealer). Origin and recording. I started writing this journal online because writing about losing you all has helped to heal my broken heart when nothing else did. When they began the KISS tour, Layne had been clean for a (relatively) long time, but I remember he was very scared to leave. And I agree, no one should die the way he did, junkie or not. The fabric alone I spent thousands on which in the 80s is a lot, considering everyone else in that scene was flat broke. These talented people were all under the thumb of an evil drug addiction that tortured them and eventually ended their lives and heroin is not a drug you try once so if you want to be another tragic statistic..go ahead and try it only once but Ill tell you from my own personal experience being there when people have tried that it for the first time and very few successfully do that. When she was herself she was a very sensitive and fun girl. We all know parts of things, combined it all might make sense one day huh? That couldnt have been put in a better way! SORRY, but no one Ive known has ever STAYED clean for someone elses sake, because theyve been shamed or guilt tripped into getting clean. 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. Bothered me for some reason. Also you dont party on heroin you longing about, nodding out, maybe drooling on yourself, and falling asleep in the middle of a sentence. I know Mrs. Austin has lost more than Demri, may God Bless her, and Laynes mom has a grandchild, or grandchildren, by now. I think at that point Jerry got pissed and tired of waiting around and did his own music. Love you Barb, I totally agree and share the love and respect I am a recovering addictthis month I got my 6yr 6mo clean time!!! Nonetheless, there are other claims that Demri and her ex met at a party and it was love at first sight. Great to see you on here. Thank you for sharing, although I dont know if you revealed way too many private details. The drug grabbed a hold of me and before I knew it I was doing dumb shit to get my hands on it. Demri didnt wear glasses like that girl. Big hugs! I know Im dying, he starkly told Rubio. Certain parts of this story are definitely true. Devido ao abuso de drogas, Parrott lutou com problemas cardacos e passou por vrias cirurgias de corao aberto. Your site is beautiful if I were computer literate I wouldve corrected the writer it is nice to set the record straight . When someone you care about turns blue and stops breathing that will mess with you forever. Have you read David de Solas book on Alice in Chains? I never thought much about the lyrics until, fast forward about 6 years, and I was on dope. The reason Demri always stood out to me was that was always Demri. Until America recognizes the addict is sick have compassion try to help not enable stand up to the Government to look at Portugal & the actions they took it worked sadly it is scary how the future looks. play a tattletale game. Layne knew this and its why her passing just crippled him. 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. For me, I was blesse dot have been there when it all happened ( Im from L.A. Layne had admitted that he was mostly finished with show business. I know this is an old ass post and comment but I agree, this post is weird as fuck. At that point, once the pig valve is in place, and so many surgeries, and pain, she continues to go for the drugs to soothe and medicate her misery. For all she claimed she wanted to be known as Demri, not Layne's girlfriend, she rode that and took whatever she could from it. Ive read/heard about that name (Demri Parrot) since the late 90s but never really felt the urge to check out her bio until recently. 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! Theres a youtuber named Kristina who has a channel called FullyRawKristina who makes videos about raw veganism, even though a lot of her videos are receipe videos which may be high in fat and should not be eaten too often of they have a lot of fat, but her videos are a place to start. 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. You will be ok. Love lots of love. Barbara might be able to offer more insight, but I definitely get the vibe that Layne wanted to eventually get clean and have a family at some point in his future. I love this site and thanks Barbara for all the work you put into it. The surgery went good..(tryin to hurry) after surgery i got on suboxone n was doing really good for 6 months. Or did he just appear that way because of being really thin and probably feeling sick a lot? She was made weaker by the fact that shed contracted heart problems from the use of dirty and used cotton when she used heroin. Gah, Mike Starr was a weird one. A friend once said that "Demri was not a hippy, goth, grunge girl she was her own creation. Being and ex-heroin addict myself, I know first hand the trials and tribulations that come with doing hard drugs, trying to keep a relationship going with my addicted girlfriend, and playing in a rock band, all at the same time. Parrott had died in October 1996. He only ever made one reference to the fact though, and that was after she was gone. A little flower wild child girl who wont be never ever forgotten and will be for ever and for always loved and missed. I actually edited my response so I hope you got to read the whole comment I made. Not a day goes by when I dont think of the both of them. Wed hide and they would sit on the porch for hours to the point Demri almost got evicted so she let them in. He really freaked out over Kurt a few months before that. Bless you. Layne was very true to Demri in his heart, but he related many, many wild touring adventures to me.. by someone I never knew. Thank you so much for sharing your stories. 2 of Kathleens patients told her about this weird thing that happened (he had done the same thing). Anyway, once Demri died it was all over him because she knew him. I was neglecting EVERYONE even my daughter when sick and when High I just wasnt worried about it. People dont seem to understand how much Demri suffered the last 2-1/2 years of her life spent mostly in hospital several times on life support given hours to live or that she didnt complain and was always more concerned about others than herself. So . I do get it a little but its silly. 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!!!!!! All the pain and suffering when their lives could have been filled with so much love and happiness. Kurt Cobain short-circuited death by heroin with a shotgun blast to the head in 1994. Not just to your soul and family but to your body in general. I understand that Jerry started doing cocaine again around this time. some photos just got released of Demri a month before she died. Although Demri passed anyway, her mother remembers her fondly and without regret or anger. On the other hand I also dont flatter myself that I could have done something for him; I just dont know if I was that important. It was therapeutic and worked [for] me for a while until my dad saw my picture printed on a magazine., The singer divulged how his father became a bad influence on him. xx. So we run back to the thing that we thought made us happy again and then after a while that does not even work anymore. watch?v=dBZm-_6Qa3k Also what things happen on the drugs in question that makes dating not realistic. It was Layne and Demri and they had to find me to tell me they started doing dope and how wonderful it was, and right then I knew they She couldve been so much more, its a shame. Not sure about the legs. A week went by and my symptons worsened. 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. She adopted Parrott as her surname after her mother, Kathleen A. Austin married Stephen John Parrot. I paid a professional hat blocker a lot of money to help me with the final construction, but I bought all the fabric and designed them, I dont even know who Rachel is. Back in those days, the band lived in abject poverty, "obsessed with getting p---y and who they were f-----g.". 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. The end everyone saw coming had finally arrived. 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. They started dating around spring or summer that year, she is thanked in the liner notes of "Facelift", which was released on August 1990.She is not, as widely but wrongly believed, the woman on the cover of Alice in Chains's album "Dirt", released on September 29, 1992, that is model and actress Mariah O'Brien.Layne Staley and Demri Parrott were, according to close friends and band-mates, described as perfect for each other and the term "soulmates" has been used more than once to define their relationship. 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. His comments given to Rubio show that Staley was aware that his mortality was on the horizon and had accepted his fate. Which is a good thing trust me. The drs told my family that my chances didnt look good because the infection was too out of control n i probably wouldnt make it through surgery. 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