Also, demri never got sober, so, all the times layne was in rehab, demri was still using heroin, which wasn't very helpful. "When Sean got lit he was pretty unstoppable," a friend says. And as we're all aware, things have hardly improved in the decades since. She was of Native American (Cherokee), Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English, and Swiss-German descent. 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. } Please contact the developer of this form processor to improve this message. 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. I hadnt seen him in a couple of years and wasnt prepared for it. When [Dirt] came out, the thing did not leave my CD player, Godsmack singer Sully Erna told Cross in Rolling Stone. ROCK IS DEAD? As Layne sat there and Ann was swimming, a huge meteor went over them and it lit up Laynes face. The single Down In A Hole is a pained expression of romantic loss that became a metaphor for chemical longing in Staleys hands. Those that knew Staley personally seem to agree that he more or less died in spirit when his long-time girlfriend, Demri Parrott, succumbed to bacterial endocarditis stemming from her own drug use in October 1996. 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. "When I tried drugs, they were f****** great, and they worked for me for years," he said. She looks very similar to Staley's longtime girlfriend and eventual fianc Demri Parrott. "Go f-----g do it now.". In the soaring chorus, Staley harmonizes with Cantrell on lines that spell out the catch-22 that defined his final years: Whats my drug of choice? }, I didn't create myself because I would have done a hell of a better job.". "@type": "BreadcrumbList", We are really really lucky people Ann. "@type": "ListItem", 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 finally kicked heroin use, and I'm still fighting," the singer said. The book notes he was missing teeth and struggling to breathe. 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. Courtney Love, center, tried to chase down Staley following the death of Kurt Cobain (r.), to see if he might've known something about the mysterious circumstances surrounding Cobain's death. "This music Layne was writing a warning. I dont wanna see people anymore and its nobodys business but mine.. Staley was found dead, toothless and weighing only 86 pounds, in his Seattle apartment in 2002. However, that defensiveness had nothing to do with personal embarrassment. 6. Staley wasnt the sort to hedge his bets when it came to calling his own drug-related death. From the start of Dirt, youre trapped in Staleys skin, and for the next 50 minutes there will be no escape. He was supposed to record guest vocals for a song by Taproot, but his body was found shortly before a recording session was set to take place. Staley couldnt bring himself to join Cantrell on stage after being asked, and a photo taken of him backstage is the last image of the singer before his death. 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. Parrott was born in Bremerton, Washington to Kathleen Austin and Dennis Dougherty on February 22, 1969. Staley created a personal shrine in the recording studio featuring a dead puppy in a jar that he used for inspiration as he crooned lyrics like "Stick your arm for some real fun.". Nancy responded, Laynes got an odd sense of humor. Staley and Parrott met in 1988 while she was working at a store called Saturdays. Close to a dozen more stints in rehab were in his future. They began dating a short time after they saw each other. Black Gives Way to Blue consists of 11 tracks: All Secret Know, Check My Brain, Last of My Kind, Your Decision, A Looking in View, When the Sun Rose Again, Acid Bubble, Lesson Learned, Take Her Out, Private Hell, Black Gives Way to Blue.The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here consists of 12 tracks: Hollow, Pretty Done, Stone, Voices, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, Lab Monkey, Low Ceiling, Breath on a Window, Scalpel, Phantom Limb, Hung on a Hook, Choke.Rainier Fog consists of 10 tracks: The One You Know, Rainier Fog, Red Giant, Fly, Drone, Deaf Ears Blind Eyes, Maybe, So Far Under, Never Fade, All I Am.Boggy Depot (Jerry Cantrell solo record) consists of 12 songs: Dickeye, Cut You In, My Song, Settling Down, Break My Back, Jesus Hands, Devil by His Side, Keep the Light On, Satisfy, Hurt a Long Time, Between, Cold Piece.Degradation Trip Volumes 1 \u0026 2 (Jerry Cantrell solo double record) consists of 25 songs: (Volume 1) Psychotic Break, Bargain Basement Howard Hughes, Owned, Angel Eyes, Solitude, Mother's Spinning in Her Grave (Glass Dick Jones), Hellbound, Spiderbite, Pro False Idol, Feel the Void, Locked On, Gone. .addSize([990, 200], [[728, 90], [970, 90], [970, 250]]) Very little is known of Demri Parrott, except that she was practically worshiped by her fianc, Layne Staley. She wasn't happy with the suicide ruling and wondered what more there might be to the story. 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 . Gaugh and Wilson said they had no plans to revive Sublime until they met Ramirez in 2008 and, as they later told Billboard, had instantaneous chemistry with the 20-year-old Fremont, Calif. native. People who knew both of them well generally agree (and told me) that Layne never got over Demris death. An appearance at Cypress Hills Smokeout Festival followed in October, and the bands first tour commenced in April 2010. They also were on hand that year to accept an MTV Video Music Award for best alternative video, an appearance punctuated by drunken shoutouts to Happy Gilmore and Lynyrd Skynyrd and an awkwardly slurred tribute to Nowell. I know Im near death, Staley continued. ver: '1.0', simplerGPT: true, As Starr stormed out, Staley begged him to stay, saying, "Not like this. var googletag = googletag || {}; Its 1987, and Staley knows how to walk the walk of the day, strutting onstage in baby blue satin suits and exuding big-cock charisma. She was adopted by her stepfather Stephen John Parrott. Survivors include her mother . Im telling you: Demri was here last night. Demris mother, Kathleen Austin, heard this story from Mike Starr after Laynes death and relayed the story to David de Sola (and it was corroborated by Jason Buttino). Don't leave like this.". The memories alone give me a contact high. "This f****** drug use is like the insulin a diabetic needs to survive. But all too often, McCallum doesn't know what to say; she's just another grieving parent whose kid happened to be famous and touch lives. "The opioid explosion in recent years tells me that people feel alone," she says. (Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage). adServer: 'googletag', - WORLDWIDE:- Vimeo https://vimeo.com/ondemand/whatisclassicrock2Cheers,Daniel }, .build(); Meanwhile, Starr, who'd been introduced to heroin by Staley, drank a bottle of bleach used for cleaning syringes, thinking it was water. .addService(googletag.pubads()); I think maybe the percentage has been a bit inverted [on the new album]. var mapping1 = googletag.sizeMapping() I know I made a big mistake when I started using this shit. So two weeks later [our mutual friend] was having a Super Bowl party. He had already lost a finger or two from his veins collapsing and not getting enough circulation to his hands I remember seeing him from a distance, and I thought, Thats the oldest punk rocker Ive ever seen., Flash back about 15 years, and Staley is a dramatically different, happier, and more spandex-friendly person. "I know I'm dying," Staley is reported to have said. The story of Sublime is one of the strangest and most tragic tales in all of 90s rock. Parrott, too, was a heavy drug user and fatally overdosed on October 29, 1996. "@type": "ListItem", On top of this, Staley had lost his ability to ingest food and survived off supplements for the last few years of his life. 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. in 1998 that he and the other guys in Alice frequently hung out with Staley at his place, playing video games and having a grand old time. Layne Considered Sending A Demo To Jerry Cantrell. 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. Forever. He was holding a loaded syringe and was sitting on a batch of used ones. ], She attended at school in Arlington (Washington), and dropped at her . I told him that John had gangrene once. Demri was the biological daughter of Kathleen Ann (Austin) and Dennis Wayne Dougherty. The engagement was called off, but she did pick out a dress. At the beginning of 1997, the biggest British rock band in the world was Oasis. googletag.enableServices(); We were running around like two little kids! ", "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. }); She wasn't far behind, having immediately clocked out of work and raced home, flying past five police cars who, thankfully, didn't try to stop her. Neither Demri's mother nor Layne's stepfather have been able to confirm that. "position": 3, Much of the interview deals with his ongoing experiences with heroin addiction, which he claims were about to take his life. Guns not loaded, see? Tillman recalled Ace saying as he pointed it at his head and, with a smile, pulled the trigger. Staley's final public performance was in Kansas City, Mo., in 1996. "I was trying to kick this habit out of my life, and here comes this man asking for money to buy some smack." "Demri was here last night," Staley allegedly said. ", It's hard to tell if Staley would agree or disagree with his mom's take. This was neither the beginning nor the end of Staleys sufferings that he was trying to get rid of it for years. Don't try to contact any AIC members. Genealogy for Demri Lara Parrott (1969 - 1996) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready remembered this version of Staley being funny and lucid, and without a doubt he was not reluctant to be a star.. Layne Might Have Considered Fronting Audioslave. The story of his decline began on July 3, 1996, after Staley left the stage following a warm-up set for KISS. Then he relapsed again. 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. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . "@id": "https://www.alternativenation.net/10-surprising-stories-about-layne-staleys-reclusive-years/", Demri Parrott (born Demri Lara Murphy on February 22nd 1969 - d. October 29th 1996) was the love of Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley's life.She was born in Bremerton, Seattle (WA) to Dennis Dougherty and Kathleen Austin, and had three brothers, Devin, Derek and David. There was more to Nowell than living life like the world was one big smoke-filled Chevy van. . Sublime was a band for working-class people who could reconcile the casual bleakness of the lyrics of a song like Wrong Waya cheery ditty about an underage hookerwith the dance-happy music. Although they were no longer together, Staley was clearly devastated by the news. Demris friend Amber Ferrano denied the claims saying: It started after she died. sid: '1366', "@type": "WebSite", Parrott, too, was a heavy drug user and fatally overdosed on October 29, 1996. He was 44 years old. .build(); Mainly, he holed up in his apartment, gaming, playing with his cat and doing drugs. Eventually, his father managed to stop using. On the other, Staley's affair with heroin got serious fast. The server responded with {{status_text}} (code {{status_code}}). Sadly, Starr wasn't too far behind his former friend and bandmate. It seems strange, since Staley would, of course, go on to become one of the most noteworthy figures in a genre that would present itself as the antithesis of everything bands like Mtley Cre stood for. Then, two things changed. 99 talking about this. He was already pretty reclusive in 1996, but after her death, there were only three recordings that I know of (Despiseley Brothers, 2 AIC songs, and a Pink Floyd cover for a movie soundtrack). *Confusion. I can get by without them. I know he was joking, but I dont like to hear stuff like that. !function(a9,a,p,s,t,A,g){if(a[a9])return;function q(c,r){a[a9]._Q.push([c,r])}a[a9]={init:function(){q("i",arguments)},fetchBids:function(){q("f",arguments)},setDisplayBids:function(){},targetingKeys:function(){return[]},_Q:[]};A=p.createElement(s);A.async=!0;A.src=t;g=p.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];g.parentNode.insertBefore(A,g)}("apstag",window,document,"script","//c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js"); Tough-guy posturing linked hip-hop with hard rock, and it would come to define the rap-rock hybrid that dominated mainstream rock radio in the late 90s. 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. Bob: Your Moms worried, man. It's the worst pain in the world. Seattle Weekly describes the tragic scene when police kicked in the door to Layne Staley's condo in Seattle's University District on April 19. "name": "Layne Staleys Haunting Wedding That Never Was Will Break Your Heart" David de Sola writes that Staley would fly into a minor rage whenever someone referred to him by that name. Staley spent the bulk of his childhood being raised by his mom, Nancy McCallum, and her second husband, Jim Elmer, who she met at a mutual friend's Christmas party, according to David de Sola. Sean Kinney would try to visit Layne at his home, and he frequently called him to no avail. Following his death in 2002, Screaming Trees frontman told Rolling Stone, He never recovered from Demris death. } A stiff cocktail of drugs composed of cocaine, codeine, and morphine was rattling around his ravaged, 86-pound frame. The autopsy later revealed that the next day Staley plunged a speedball into his vein. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_top_1', [[300,250],[336,280],[728,90],[970,90],[970,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-1') 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. His father was six years clean when they rekindled their relationship, but he soon started using again, and the two of them were getting high together. 5. I know who started it and they know too, but its funny I read stuff from people who make a statement as if they were there, knew her and it was fact and people believe them. But while the surviving members of Alice In Chains made sure to present their band as a newly evolved entity, Sublimes Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson are trying to pick up where they were forced to leave off in 1996, when their lead singer, Bradley Nowell, died of a heroin overdose at age 28. Alternative Nation published a similar article in September 2014, but we are now publishing a new version with a couple of new stories. "@id": "https://www.alternativenation.net/category/rock/", 5 on Marsh and Steins list. "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. Although he'd lived as a recluse for years, former Alice in Chains bassist Michael Starr who Diffuser says blamed himself for Staley's death claimed on an episode of "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew"that he was the last person to see Staley alive. Dope sick hurts the entire body, he horrifyingly shared. On one hand, the two bands got up to some hilarious business pranking each other. ,{ .addService(googletag.pubads()); Demri Parrott was former ex-girlfriend of singer Layne Staley from Alice in Chains. Here he is backstage on the Warped Tour looking like one of the many shirtless, deeply tanned, and blond bros lurking in the audience. Demri Lara PARROTT Left this world October 29, 1996; born in Bremerton, Wa, on Feb 22, 1969 and attended school in Arlington. His comments given to Rubio show that Staley was aware that his mortality was on the horizon and had accepted his fate. function(bids) { According to The Book Of Rock Lists by Dave Marsh and Kevin Stein (1981 ed. .addSize([748, 200], [[728, 90]]) According to MTV, the book "Layne Staley: Angry Chair" details the AIC singer's final interview with author Adriana Rubio, an Argentinian journalist. I felt so sad for him, and I missed him. A year after his death, a rare interview emerged with Staley that hed given with Argentinean writer and music fan Adriana Rubio, titledLayne Staley: Angry Chair A Look Inside the Heart and Soul of an Incredible Musician. Whether or not he still spoke to his bandmates was also up for debate. }); {{#message}}{{{message}}}{{/message}}{{^message}}Your submission failed. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_anchor', [[728,90],[320,50]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-6') Where some of the records might have been more Scarface, this one is more Shawshank Redemption.. This portable projector plays your movies in crisp, high-contrast, 1080p detailno matter where you are. Two years later, Alice In Chains briefly reunited to record the songs Get Born Again and Died for a boxed set. Not exactly a good start to the relationship. "It's heartbreaking and overwhelming and unnecessary." Demri Lara Parrott Murphy (February 22nd 1969 - October 29th 1996) was an American model, artist, and muse, and an amateur actress, girlfriend and . Ive never heard someones voice hit the tape like that. !function(a9,a,p,s,t,A,g){if(a[a9])return;function q(c,r){a[a9]._Q.push([c,r])}a[a9]={init:function(){q("i",arguments)},fetchBids:function(){q("f",arguments)},setDisplayBids:function(){},targetingKeys:function(){return[]},_Q:[]};A=p.createElement(s);A.async=!0;A.src=t;g=p.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];g.parentNode.insertBefore(A,g)}("apstag",window,document,"script","//c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js"); An indicator of that drop in regard for himself was when, in 1998, he contracted gangrene as a result of his lifestyle. schain: { But when theres 20,000 people out there, just loving everything, and just dancing around with smiles, nothing can stop that.. As an act of first-person journalism from the depths of hell, Dirt has few equals in rock history. One way she's contributed to the fight is by helping run the Layne Staley Tribute Concert, which the article says is an annual celebration of Alice in Chains' contributions to music. Do you think that almost hit us, Ann? "name": "Rock Features" People Projects Discussions Surnames In fact, it was his accountants who first noticed something might've been up. I never wanted to end my life this way. I never wanted [the publics] thumbs up about this fucking drug use. "@type": "ListItem", FULL FILM: https://youtu.be/qMlLfrU5fjsAlice in Chains lineup throughout the Layne Staley era consisted of Layne Staley (87 - 98), Jerry Cantre. ), the No. There will always be haters, he said in an interview with budZtv in 2010. It might be the least spectacular rock death of all time, in the sense that it surprised absolutely no one, including Staley himself. I know I have no chance. On April 5, 2002, Layne Staley took a speedball a combination of cocaine and heroin and passed away (via Diffuser). "It was only five or six shows, and by the end of the last one, it was cops, ambulances, and, 'Get on the plane! However, she goes on to say that her late son was "shocked to find that God isn't going to dig you out of every tunnel that you put yourself in to. apstag.setDisplayBids(); He struggled with addiction for much of his life, and as Steven Hyden of the A.V. 1 most spectacular death in rock history ended the life of singer Johnny Ace, whose biggest hit, Pledging My Love, surged to the top of the Billboard rhythm and blues chart about two months after his untimely demise on Christmas day 1954. "@type": "BreadcrumbList", Two crack pipes were waiting on his coffee table, and several more used needles were uncovered when his body was moved. "The same s--t was going on again.". 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. Alice in Chains was opening for Van Halen on tour in 1991 when Staley, prompted by Parrott, started using. Im not doing well. Description: Demri Lara Parrott Murphy (February 22nd 1969 - October 29th 1996) was an American model, artist, and muse, and an amateur actress, girlfriend and later fiance of Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley. Ten weeks after Nowells funeral, Sublimes label, Geffen, went forward with plans to release the bands new record, though the original title, Killin It, was understandably ditched. "They were obviously coked out because they (the strippers) started b----ing up one side and down the other to the point where Layne actually told them to shut up because they were making it worse than it needed to be," according to one observer. By the next year, the band's dark and deeply pained breakthrough album, "Dirt," was rife with references to the drug. Hide the drugs!' Im just a singer. Staleys method of killing himself was slower and more painful, but ultimately no less effective. But its a surprisingly decent addition to the Alice In Chains canon. I am interested in rock music, creative writing, drama, and yoga. } She will know it sooner or later. .addService(googletag.pubads()); Whether you believe it or not, it's a hauntingly beautiful story. "When he returned from a trip to the bathroom," wrote Jon Wiederhorn about Layne Staley for Rolling Stone, "his sleeves were unbuttoned, exposing what appear to be red, round puncture marks from the wrist to the knuckles of the left hand. Bob Forrest & John Frusciante Visited Laynes Home. }, Hes the reason I started singing.. Kinney, though, continued to have fun the old-fashioned way on the Shi--y Cities tour in 1992. In the end, his dad found him. Now touring as Sublime With Rome, Gaugh and Wilson are playing their old songs with Rome Ramirez, a singer born the same year that Sublime played its first show. RIP Layne and Demri.. } In 2011, at the age of 44, he too died of an overdose, as per Rolling Stone. "I'm not into religion, but I have a good grasp on my spirituality. } She was hurt that they chose someone that looked like her rather than having her do it. Mike Starr said he was going to be best man at Layne and Demri's wedding. He would never perform with Alice In Chains again. The pain is more than you can handle. (Rolling Stone later noted that the heroin-related death of touring Smashing Pumpkins keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin that July garnered more coverage than Nowells death.) Soon, even bands directly inspired by early-90s bands would conveniently set aside the feminist idealism those groups were known for in favor of an unapologetically assertive masculinity that was both reactionary to recent rock history and restorative of the old status quo. What Happened Next? Back in those days, the band lived in abject poverty, "obsessed with getting p---y and who they were f-----g.". Staley's girlfriend, Demri Lara Parrott, started shooting smack and Alice in Chains got famous. } His comments given to Rubio show that Staley was aware that his mortality was on the horizon and had accepted his fate. Demri Parrott probably is referenced in the most AIC songs that we know of: *Love, Hate, Love. But everyone starts somewhere. 4. Staleys horse-addicted ghost is still Cantrells muse, only this time Staley is actually dead. - CANADA \u0026 USA:- YouTube http://bit.ly/2Kbji5C - iTunes https://apple.co/2KNOCD2 - Vimeo http://bit.ly/2Iv1ywd - XBOX http://bit.ly/2K8AF6Z- Google Play https://bit.ly/3cwDybUWHAT IS CLASSIC ROCK? Does taking Russian roulette out of the equation make Aces death any less spectacular? It's hard enough to lose a child. While late Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley was largely reclusive during his later years, the legendary singer considered fronting the band that later became known as Audioslave in January 2001, according to Staleys friend Morgen Gallagher, who talked to Alternative Nation in August 2015. Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed. googletag.defineSlot('/98948493,22548962605/alternativenation_multisize_content_2', [[336,280],[300,250]], 'div-gpt-ad-3901802-4') "name": "Home" He was found dead on March 8, 2011, in his home in Salt Lake City as a result of a prescription drug overdose. 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.
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