he was writing a biography of jose menendez, but he couldn't complete it without talking to two people. jose's sons, lylerik. the brothers had blown him off for several weeks. but finally, on october 20th, 1989, exactly two months after the murders, rand got his shot. >> i showed up at the menendez mansion at 3:00 in the afternoon. and -- a young woman in her twenties answered the door and she said, "oh erik and lyle are out playing tennis. th -- they'll be back at some point." >> the woman invited rand in to tour the house. >> and immediately in front of me is the room. the room where jose and kitty menendez were killed. and -- i ha -- i had a chill up my spine. i felt creeped out. >> he waited. they arrived, eventually. >> erik and lyle came bouncing in the house wearing tennis whites and looking tan. and they were laughing and joking. and i'm as -- >> as if nothing had happened. >> -- as if nothing had happened. and i'm kind of torn up inside. i'm just thinking to myself, "i wouldn't be anywhere near this house if my parents had been killed here." >> rand pulled out his tape recorder and notepad, but

. >> erik and lyle menendez -- convicted of murdering their own parents. >> i ran around and shot my