Lyle and Erik Menendez immediately became eligible for parole after the judge’s surprise ruling following a resentencing hearing in Los Angeles.

Lyle and Erik Menendez, who have served 35 years in prison for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills home, were ruled eligible for parole by a Los Angeles judge at a re-sentencing hearing on Tuesday.

A judge ruled Friday that a resentencing hearing for brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez can go forward next week, potentially clearing a path to parole decades after they killed their parents.