The same to you, Barbara, Merry Christmas to you and your family. Sure, that might work for a short while but ultimately addicts need more incentives in their life then how someone else feels and those two things shame and guilt can also completly back fire on family members who always seem to try this route too and it will just cause their addict to go deeper and farther into their addiction and they may begin to isolate themselves emotionally and physically away from the people who made them feel that way because they dont wanna let them down anymore or let them see the disgusting mess they know theyve become.. so theyll just remove themselves from their lives instead.. breaking everyones hearts including their own. 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. People also asking: . I wanted to also check in on you and see how youre doing with your recovery and your heart? Hed had a close call and he didnt think that hed be able to stay clean on the road with that lifestyle. From then on, he said, he just wanted to do art and make music for his friends. Demri and Layne were awesome people who had a fatal disease but that did not make them bad people. The website will forever live on my server for those seeking to learn a little more. He lived through it, but they were kicked out of the apartment. Anyhow, over and out-just wanted that cleared up. Yes, I like both men and women. I know thats super personal n i thought i remember Barbara saying she didnt know specifics on what exactly happened. Of course we all make mistakes for Gods sake and so what?! Jessica I am so sorry for your loss. I am so sorry that post was so long. on drugs. But, when you have someone over 6ft tall and weighing under 90 lbs, its time to step in. He started doing this whole big martyred thing in the press Im standing by Layne, even though its making me sufferrrrrrr! but in private he was slipping the knife in. Ive read a lot about Demri over the past six years. I was and still am a huge fan of Laynes and AIC, and admired the beautiful Demri. Mike, Rosheen, Andrew Wood and now sadly.. the list grows.. Chris Cornell who was an amazing man, husband and Father and Friend. Seems like it takes much courage and heart to do so. I dont know. Also, you mentioned the pain she was in, & how her mother, Kathleen tried so much to help. Stills. 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. They were always fine with my vegetarian dishes but I wanted to get some nutrients in them and meat on their bones, which is pretty much all I could really do to help. I apologize ms. Susan. Anything you have to say would be gratefully appreciated. One night he and his father were shooting heroin together and his father ODed. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Barbara, thank you for replying to my post of 5/22. She was of Native American (Cherokee), Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English, and Swiss-German descent. It was even sadder when we found out Mike Starr was the last to see him and saw that he was in troublebut Layne wouldnt let Mike call 911now hes dead, too. People just want to feel happiness again. Demri was well known and had numerous friends that she touched with her charismatic and enchanting personality. What happened with that book, he had a really good chronological order of things. Oh manI wrote all that for nothing. They changed into this dark, brooding, heavy thing.. Happy to hear youve enjoyed it. We all know parts of things, combined it all might make sense one day huh? I am very sorry about your lossI hate cancer and congrats on doing good, keep strong. Yes, she was sick from herion, but so was Marilyn. Johnny was a Godsent to Layne. But sometimes feeling it completely is what we need to do. Xana La Fuente, if youre reading this, I just want to tell you that I find you so inspiring too. She is too tall.. too lean wrong body type.. cant see her face.. wrong hair.. wrong clothes.. just not her. It floods your brains receptors with nothing but the good feeling chemicals and then when you try to say OK, Im done Ive had enough..Well, too badbecause your body and your brain will fight and lie to you..Just one more time it will sayyoull promise yourself over and over.. until you eventually just give up and cant fight it anymore because you get so violently sick. Regarding kids I think Layne wanted to have a family. It is believed that her death has overwhelmed Layne so much that he returned to addiction. Dave. Anway hope you continue to find this website informative and fun to visit. Demri was well known and had numerous friends that she touched with her charismatic and enchanting personality. Just not interested in other peoples opinions or stories, they bore me. By the way she didnt like her name shorted she loved the unique name of Demri. I guess there is so little real information out there, so these kinds of stories become defacto fact. Are there any pictures of her last months of her life / heroin days? I feel like some people enter the world with their story written for them already. I have never known Mike to lie and I knew him a long time. Demri didnt die till the morning of the 29th, in her mothers arms at the hospital. The comments above and below have provided a welcome clarity on the Demri/Layne situation after MUCH reading for the last few days. "remembering Demri"..? I know that. Life is one thing after another, with drugs more so. Not the fake books that have, or will be coming out about them, by authors who have no real knowledge of them. Met Toby the Serial Killer Board Game guy in a regular looking apartment. Then bring on the lying to hide it from everyone who loves you, bring on the HORRIBLE shame and actual disgust for yourself for turning into everything you had always looked down on or at least never thought youd become..a junkie. but I cant help but wonder if he had stayed living there, if things wouldve been a lot better for Layne He wouldve have isolated himself in his ivory tower and died the way he did. One of his more moronic friends told me that he had actually died, but what little I did get from Layne told me this wasnt true. Was it a physical predisposition to everything out there? Youve lived through so much loss and heartache, and youre still there for the real fans, speaking the truth. Wish me luck xxx. I have the second version and it was at the bookstore and we got it for like $20 or so. Back in April when Rachel heard Demri had a zero % chance to live she made a B-Line to the hospital to make sure, as it was questioned repeadily and probably gave Demri incentive to live. Some people say that, on tour, Layne ran out of coke, and Demri went looking but found Herion instead. I read somewhere that he was still living there during the Mad Season days and then I read somewhere else that he bought another condo in 94. I know it can be a struggle to help drug addicts. I guess anyone could do the research and read all the interviews and maybe even talk to the people who knew them but no one is going to get it completely right. Layne not accepting this, but hes starting to feel the pain also. Id cook up some favorite foods like my scampi tacos, phad Thai, smoked chix green chili enchiladas, and Layne loved his pot roast meal and Demri Fettuccine. Demri deserves her recognition as the true Queen of the Seattle Scene. When cleaning I didnt know what belonged to who, which is risky). Risk factors include intravenous drug use). And I agree, no one should die the way he did, junkie or not. Last Updated: May 2, 2022: View Complete Profile. They went down to QFC and he asked her to wait in the car while he ran into the store to buy a few things. All information, records, stories, anecdotes, and pictures are welcome. I dont know why I chose here, maybe I need to vent or maybe I just want to share a little bit of the truth as I perceived it. Opiate Addiction is selfish to the core. I remember looking out your window at the docks one time while you were on the computer, and I was making you listen to some stupid old song because I thought it was cool. My sister also was an addict and passed away in 2008. Yes, she died young, of mysterious circumstances, but she made a living for herself. Why wouldnt she stay with Layne, or anyone, always running, to and fro, even before she got sick? All text content on this website is copyrighted by , DARIN LAMBS GUEST POST ONE OF LAYNE AND DEMRIS BEST FRIENDS AND MY EX-BOYFRIEND, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot0g2SWqnK8, http://grungestorytellers.xanaland.com/2013/02/happy-birthday-demri-crew-guy-recalls.html, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlGZfqQzpvU, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQA98ZTJDTc. She stayed with whoever would let her in during her final year, and was taken in by the father of a friend. Oh man, the Koa story. Aalsteinn, Hi Xana! Much love to you. Demri looking sweet and beautiful.. she was such a natural beauty. She was wicked to him but Layne was being a dumb kid and he just wanted to date a model, he said so himself when it was over. Jerry was REALLY different back then. Addicts not necessarily. Most of us refused to turn someone on for the first time. . What she looked like, how she dressed, & the decoupage shed make from angel& Victorian cutouts that she would paste on boxes & give as gifts. I just had to say it. I guess Im looking at the wrong fb pages. Try whatever it takes and if youre NOT an addict then all you have to do is never try it in the first place!!! We loved our friends and they dropped like flies around us one after the otherwe thought we could control it.. they thought they could live forever.. Maybe someday I will write that book but as of right now I do not have any concrete plans to do that.. and if I ever did write a book it would be about MY life not just theirs and then I would include stories that involved them but I could never write just a book about them.. to me that would be..weird, wrong possibly? Youth fueled by fame and wealth is even more deadly. I first read that on the findadeath.com forum many years ago maybe 06 or 07? If you have a better quality version of this photo please send it! Demri Parrott was engaged to Layne Staley (1992 - 1994). Makes total sense that D and L were soulmates. But, most fans are there while youre on top. Can you send me the link and the time in the video where you see her? But also open dialogue about drugs and continued thinking of the young that this could never happen to them.
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