Demri Forever

Demri & Mara

Demri & Mara

Demri & Mara

Demri Parrott & Xana La Fuente

Demri Parrott. Seattle, 1991. From the same photo shoot as the picture that later inspired the cover for Mad Season’s “Above”.

Demri Lara Parrott

“Demri could communicate and socialize beyond her years. As a three-year-old, Demri was tested by experts at the University of Washington, who told her parents she had the vocabulary of a high school senior, but her exceptional language skills weren’t always well received by adults or other children. When she was two, her grandmother had made her an angel costume for Halloween with a gold halo that went above her head. Kathleen Austin and her mother were taking Demri to her great-grandmother’s house so she could see Demri in her costume. During the car ride, Demri was tugging at the halo. “Demri, you’re going to mess up your hair, honey,” her grandmother told her. “But, Grandma, the goddamn halo won’t stay up.” Demri’s grandmother almost drove the car off the road.”

Demri Parrott and Pony Maurice at Lake View Cemetery. A nearby inscription reads:

A thousand accidents control

our meeting here. Clasp hand in hand,

and swear to meet me in that land

“The happy smiling Layne we all loved. Found this backstage photo of (R-L) Demri Parrott, Layne Staley and Debbie Murphy at the Pantera show in the Mercer Arena, Seattle. 7/19/94. Two years later Demri passed away 10/29/96 and Layne 4/5/02. Thank goodness Debbie is still among the living!”