Rob Reiner’s Friend Details Staying in His Home With Nick Reiner and Family Weeks Before Murders

New light is being shed on Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner‘s relationship with their son Nick Reiner.

Cinematographer Barry Markowitz said he stayed with the family at their Los Angeles home just weeks before Rob, 78, and Michele, 70, were found dead inside the residence. According to him, Nick—who’s been accused of murdering his parents—appeared to be “on the upswing” after spending years struggling with addiction.

“He looked great,” Barry told Page Six in an interview published Dec. 16. “He helped out, he took out the garbage, he watched TV, he washed dishes.”

The filmmaker continued, “He was just normal in that sense.”

Barry—who stayed with the Reiners in November while visiting L.A. for work—added that his time under their roof was “one big love fest.”

“They eat dinner together,” he shared of the family. “A lot of love, always a lot of love.”

That’s why Barry—who worked with Rob and Nick in 2015’s Being Charlie, an autobiographical film about the 32-year-old’s embattled past—has been rocked by reports that there was recent tension between the father-son duo.