The St. John’s man who murdered Catherine Carroll in 1991 but allowed her son, Greg Parsons, to go to prison for it, has had his day parole revoked — again.

In its decision that was made on Christmas Eve but released last week, the Parole Board of Canada cited Brian Doyle’s concerning pattern of hiding his relationships and their goings-on.

Doyle is serving a life sentence for second-degree murder, with supervision for the rest of his life.

He was in a secret relationship with Carroll before stabbing her to death in her home on James Place 34 years ago. But Doyle stayed silent as the victim’s son, and his friend, Greg Parsons, was convicted — serving about two months in jail before being freed on appeal.

Doyle was convicted in 2002 and got his first day parole in 2023, which was quickly revoked for hiding a relationship. He was again granted day parole last June, but once again relationship secrecy has seen it taken away.

It also led to Doyle’s suicide attempt in October that left him on life support for several days.

Previous to that he was fired from a job for sexual advances toward a female co-worker, and was also caught with a bottle of booze, all in contravention of release conditions.

“Within the context of a relationship stressed by jealousy, the use of alcohol raises the risk for problematic behaviour,” the board stated in its decision.

“Your misuse of intoxicants, purchase of alcohol, continuous secrecy with your relationship and obvious emotional instability are viewed as signs of increasing risk for violence,” concluded the board, adding “you are no longer manageable in the community.”

Parsons, meanwhile, was hardly celebrating the decision, noting it just extends the never-ending parade to the parole board for another hearing in February.