We do know that Parrott was also a heroin user - she died in 1996. There's no way to verify that, and many Parrott friends and family believe it was the other way around. This is a sensitive topic, but many believe Parrott introduced Staley to heroin.

The first track in that narrative is 'Junkhead,' and the second is 'Dirt.' Staley and Jerry Cantrell, AIC guitarist/vocalist/songwriter, both said that the second half of the album tells a narrative about a heroin addict's progression from messing with drugs for fun to descending into hell. This, combined with other things we know about Dirt, suggests a distinct meaning to this song. She was hurt that they chose someone that looked like her rather than having her do it. It's known that Parrott was upset about the situation because Parrott herself was an aspiring model and actress. The woman on the album cover is actress/model Mariah O'Brien, who's also on the cover of the Spinal Tap single ' Bitch School.' She looks very similar to Staley's longtime girlfriend and eventual fiancé Demri Parrott. I was pretty angry about it when I first saw it-she's not happy about it, either (laughs). The picture is the spitting image of her, and that wasn't even planned. The song 'Dirt' was written to a certain person who basically buried my ass, so the woman on the album cover is kinda the portrayal of that person being sucked down into the dirt (laughs), instead of me. I like to refer to it as 'revenge,' Staley begins, laughing hysterically (he's already on drink two - I'm about to get mine). (issue 39, December 1992) drops plenty of clues to make it clear. Staley never stated this definitively, but his interview with the Canadian metal mag M.E.A.T.

The title track from Alice in Chains' (AIC) second studio album, Dirt, is about lead singer Layne Staley's fiancé Demri Parrott.

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