( CNN ) -- A court denied parole for a jailed member of Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot on Friday , state media reported . The Supreme Court of the Mordovia region upheld an earlier decision to deny Nadezhda Tolokonnikova 's parole , the official RIA Novosti news agency said . Tolokonnikova was given a 2-year sentence for hooliganism after a trial in August that was criticized by international rights groups . She is one of three women tried last year for performing a song critical of then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in an Orthodox cathedral . Video footage of their so-called `` punk prayer '' was posted online . State-run court news agency Rapsi cited an attorney as saying Tolokonnikova would not appeal the court 's ruling on parole . Fellow defendant Maria Alyokhina , who was also sentenced to two years in prison , was denied bail in May . She planned to appeal the ruling . Yekaterina Samutsevich , a third member of the band , was sentenced at the same time as the two , but was freed from prison in October after her defense presented new evidence . May : Jailed Pussy Riot member declares hunger strike . CNN 's Boriana Milanova contributed to this report .
Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova loses her bid to be released on parole . She was given a 2-year sentence for hooliganism last year . Band members were tried for performing a song critical of then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin .