Old school pic…

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I was just going through some old pictures in my Fotki albums and I found this picture of Demri and Layne..I love this picture. I miss them. This was a picture that Demri’s Mom gave me at Demri’s funeral. It was just a photo copy. I hung it on my wall and took a picture of it so that’s why it looks weird it’s hanging on my wall. This was taken at RockCndy in Seatlle during an Aids benefit..around 1992. This was during the good old days before everything fell to shit and they turned into sad reflections of their former selves….and then passed away. Demri in 1996 and Layne in 2002. Rest in Peace my sweet friends.

Demri and Layne 1992

Demri Parrott 1992

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10 Responses to “Old school pic…”

Nicole says:

July 21, 2008 at 3:09 pm

You knew Layne and Demri? There is so little info on Demri out there and what exists is very negative. Please email me if you have any great stories of either of them you want to share. Thanks so much!
Ibdreamy says:

August 7, 2008 at 2:20 am

I already emailed you right? I know I emailed someone who asked the same question I think it was you..anyway..yes I knew them and I have a few things I can share with people truly interested. Just ask.
Joie says:

August 8, 2008 at 11:57 am

It’s kind of you to share with others about these 2 people who left us way too early. I’m 51 and just have gotten into AIC the last couple of years and all I can say is that they were a great band – too bad about Layne/Demri – RIP
Nicole says:

August 12, 2008 at 11:11 am

I don’t believe we’ve emailed.
yesandno says:

September 30, 2008 at 5:49 am

Hi!
If you could e-mail me some of the stories I would be so grateful.
My favorite couple. Never new them.

Thanks,
Mia
crystal says:

October 12, 2008 at 5:10 am

Hey, Ibdreamy, ive seen you around on other websites on my scavenger hunts for anything demri related. and on every site you say you know them. so finally ive been forced to ask you a question haha, did you really know them? what was layne REALLY like? beside the whole stupid rockstar persona and all the bullshit, what kind of a person was he? you can write to me at my email, cckrystal@yahoo.com im also interested in knowing of any positve things you have to say about demri, cuz frankly like someone else posted here, all i know of her is negative. fans dont really like her or approve of her, people say she was self-obbsessed, not very nice, you know just interested in herself and stuff. are those things true?? anyways since you said for people who are truly interested youre willing to share, im REALLY interested in knowing who they truly were, i dont care for all of that rockstar circus that surrounded layne, and the image thats been given to demri. i really want to know what they were like. and by the way just so you know, im not one of those crazy fans dying to be closer to layne or something like that, and you can trust that whatever you want to share i wont post anywhere else or anything like that. im friends with a lot of “famous people” (i know it sounds stupid) so i know what its like when people brag and do this and that, act all cool just to get attention and pretend they knew someone they didnt. my interest is purely just to clear up all the questions for myself, just to better understand. well anyways, feel free to write…..
Carol says:

October 31, 2008 at 1:51 pm

Hello, Ibdreamy. Well, if you have a few things you could share with people truly interested about Layne and Demri… I would be very grateful! As people said above, we just hear negative things about demri and bla bla… I would like to know how they really were. carolinacardinali@gmail.com
Jurgita says:

November 21, 2008 at 9:35 am

Hello, Ibdreamy. I am just another one who are interested in knowing who they truly were. it’s just becouse I’m a big fan of Alice in chains and Mad season music and Layne were (still is) my favourite vocalist. And when you like someone’s music it’s very interesting to know where it comes from… Only then you can understand better. I would be really thankful if you let me know something real about layne and Demri. Feel free to write anything you want. jurga.ne.spurga@gmail.com And sorry for my Englisg, it’s not my first language.
Ibdreamy says:

November 29, 2008 at 4:22 am

I wanted to respond to you all at once to make it easier. I don’t really know what to say though..I knew Demri and Layne for several years basically from 1992-1996 and we were good friends. We had some good times and some crazy bad times just like every friendship..well maybe not. I think the the crazy lifestyle and just the extremes involved in the life we were living made the good times AMAZING chance in a life time experiences and the bad times were also extreme and more horrific then usual. Some of us made it out alive and a lot of us were not so lucky. I truly believe Demri would of been destined for greatness..if only she had never tried heroin. Just imagine how different things could of turned out if Layne had never tried Heroin? It’s hard to predict. I guess he wouldn’t of written the music he did but he could of let it go, I wish he would of. It was like he was determined to make sure that heroin ended him like it did her and he accomplished that. He worked real hard at it too. He dedicated his whole exsistance to it in the end. I personally took off after Demri passed and never looked back. I lost two of my best friends in a six month period and I never looked back. But I have friends who spent time with him in the end and from what they’ve told me it was pretty bad. So, basically that’s why no one wants to talk. Because the people who honestly know how it was have nothing good to say or never go online.
But, I have a lot of good things to say about Layne and Demri before all the evil shit entered the scene and I want to share those things with people who are honestly interested but I feel like a big liar if I don’t also include the whole story. I don’t have enough space to write it all but I can say a few things for now. Layne was a funny, charismatic, sweet, kind, guy. He loved his family. He loved his friends and he loved music. He had a love/hate relationship with Demri and they considered themselves to be soul mates at one time. They broke up sometime after Dirt was released and continued to be in each others lives off and on until she passed. He tried many times to get her clean as well as himself but Demri had her own plans and was hard to tie down. I honestly believe if she would of, he would of. I don’t know what she was running from but she ran hard and fast until she was tied to a hospital bed and forced to reevaluate her life and that didn’t even do the trick. I feel so sorry for her I wish there was something that could of filled her emptiness besides her drugs but she never found it.
Either did Layne. He threw away a boyhood dream to be a rockstar, hid away in his apartment and wasted away. I honestly believe he did it on purpose. He was extremely ashamed of what he had become and didn’t want anyone to see the dirty shadow he believed himself to be. He wasn’t of course but that’s how he saw himself. he didn’t shut people out because he didn’t love them or didn’t care he did it because he did. I think that will make sense to anyone who’s been involved with an addict or has been addicted themselves. There is so much shame and self mutilation involved in heroin addiction. Heroin addiction truly IS slow suicide.
My favorite music by Layne is the Mad Season album. Mad Season was his project and his personality really came through in his songs.
Demri was a tiny, hilarious, charismatic goof ball who liked to shock people and make people laugh and she did both really well. Most people who honestly knew her will say the same.
She was beautiful and extremely charming and reminded me of a little hurricane. She had the ability to capture your attention and hold it for as long as she decided and from anyone she wanted. If she wanted you to fall in love with her..you would. Period. I’ve never met anyone like her to be straight up honest. I’m not saying these are all good attributes..she knew how to use her charm to get what she wanted and what she wanted wasn’t always good. Let’s just say she was a powerful little girl. I call her a little girl because she was so tiny. I’m guessing specifics because I never asked but I’d say she was 4 foot 12 and 80 pounds with round hips and no boobies. Long wavy hair down past her butt and most the time had some developing dreds or tangles in it which she’d wind up and tie to the top of her head. She had s uper cool sense of style, she’d wear vintage dresses and clothes she made. Everything looks chic and cool on Demri…drove me crazy, she could pull off anything. I always felt like a clumsy giant next to her and I’m pretty small myself especially at the time. Today, I’m 5′5 120 so I’m not big by no means but next to her I always felt like a monster woman. Haha! I met her 16 years ago! Crazy how time flies. Ok I’m done for now. I hope this helped to shine some light on who Demri was. I could never even touch the edges of who she was of course.
We are all so complex it’d be a true joke for me to claim to be able to capture someones personality in mere words.
Layne and Demri were both amazing people who were complex and beautiful just like we all are. They’re not super human or even above average. There just like you and me. Special.
I think that was one thing Layne always wanted people to know..that he was just a regular guy. Ok, he was pretty special but don’t let him hear you say that and then again don’t let him hear you say he wasn’t..don’t we all think like that? I know I do. *wink*
Jurgita says:

November 30, 2008 at 10:40 am

Yeah, I believe we think like that:) Just as you say… Very grateful for your post.