India, July 23 -- Erik Menendez, along with his brother Lyle, became household names for their parents' alleged murder. They claimed to have been subjected to emotional and sexual abuse by their parents, and also said they feared for their lives when the two were around.

The brothers were convicted of first-degree murder after their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, were shot at point-blank range on August 20, 1989.

Now, Erik has been hospitalized with kidney stones, and the famed parent killer's lawyer has called for an early release ahead of the August parole hearing.

He revealed earlier how his wife made his prison sentence easier. Speaking on TMZ's 2 Angry Men podcast, Erik said, "When I first came to prison, I wasn't just sentence...