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      7.01&#160;</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">Regulation FD
      Disclosure.</font></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">On
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">April
      30, </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">2008</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">,
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">Eagle
      Rock </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">issued a press release
      announcing that
      it will pay a quarterly cash distribution of $</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">.40 </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">per
      unit for the quarter ended
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">March 31, 2008</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">.&#160;&#160;The
      distribution will be
      paid o</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">n </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">May
      15, 2008 t</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">o all unitholders of
      record as of
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">May 9, </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">2008</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">.</font></font></div>
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      copy of the press release is
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">attached hereto as Exhibit
      99.1.&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">In
      accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information set forth
      in this Item 7.01 and in the attached exhibit are deemed to be furnished and
      shall not be deemed to be </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">"</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">filed</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">"
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">for
      the purposes of Section 18 of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</font></font></div>
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      8.01</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; COLOR: #000000">Other Events.</font></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
        April
        30, 2008, Eagle Rock Energy&#160;&#160;Partners,&#160;&#160;L.P., a
        Delaware&#160;&#160;limited partnership ("Eagle Rock"), completed the
        acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of Stanolind Oil and
        Gas
        Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Stanolind"), for
        an&#160;&#160;aggregate&#160;&#160;purchase&#160;&#160;price of $79 million,
        subject to working capital adjustments and other purchase price adjustments
        (the
        "Acquisition").&#160;&#160;The purchase price was based on a reserve report of
        the oil and gas properties to be acquired in the Acquisition dated as of
        December 31, 2007.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As
        previously&#160;&#160;announced, Stanolind's oil and gas properties include an
        estimated 290 producing wells (as of December 31, 2007) with an estimated
        net
        production of 850 Boe/d (as of April 1, 2008) and an estimated proved reserves
        of 6.7 MMBoe (as of December 31, 2007), of which 47% is proved developed
        producing.&#160;&#160;The Acquisition is expected to generate approximately
        $15.3 million of annualized adjusted EBITDA, with $1.5 million annual
        maintenance capital expenditures.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">One
        or
        more Natural Gas Partners&#8217; private equity funds ("NGP"), which directly or
        indirectly owns a majority of the equity interests in Stanolind, is an affiliate
        of Eagle Rock and is the majority owner of the sole owner of Eagle Rock Energy
        G&amp;P, LLC (the "Company"), which is the general partner of Eagle Rock Energy
        GP, L.P., which is the general partner of Eagle Rock.&#160;&#160;Because of the
        potential for conflict between the interests of the Company and the
        non-affiliated unitholders of Eagle Rock, the Board of Directors of the Company
        (the "Board") authorized the Company's Conflicts Committee to review, evaluate,
        and, if the Conflicts Committee deemed appropriate, approve the
        Acquisition.&#160;&#160;The Conflicts Committee, which consists of independent
        directors of the Board, determined that the Acquisition was fair and reasonable
        to Eagle Rock and its non-affiliated unitholders and recommended to the Board
        that the transaction be approved and authorized, and the Board subsequently
        approved and authorized the transaction.</font></div>
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      9.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></div>
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                Release of Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. dated April 30,
                2008.</font></div>
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eroc8k-043008.htm
UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C.  20549
______________________________
FORM
      8-K
______________________________
CURRENT
      REPORT
Pursuant
      to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
      of
      Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 30, 2008
EAGLE
      ROCK ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
(Exact
      Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
001-33016
68-0629883
(State
                or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
                or organization)
(Commission
File
                Number)
(I.R.S.
                Employer
Identification
                Number)
16701
      Greenspoint Park Drive, Suite 200
Houston,
      Texas 77060
(Address
      of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(281) 408-1200
(Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code)
Check
      the
      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
      satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
      provisions:
□         
      Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
      230.425)
□         
      Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)
□
Pre-commencement
                communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
                CFR
                240.14d-2(b))
□
Pre-commencement
                communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
                CFR
                240.13e-4(c))
Item
      7.01
Regulation FD
      Disclosure.
On
April
      30,
2008
,
Eagle
      Rock
issued a press release
      announcing that
      it will pay a quarterly cash distribution of $
.40
per
      unit for the quarter ended
March 31, 2008
.  The
      distribution will be
      paid o
n
May
      15, 2008 t
o all unitholders of
      record as of
May 9,
2008
.
A
      copy of the press release is
attached hereto as Exhibit
      99.1.
In
      accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information set forth
      in this Item 7.01 and in the attached exhibit are deemed to be furnished and
      shall not be deemed to be
"
filed
"
for
      the purposes of Section 18 of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Item
      8.01
Other Events.
On
        April
        30, 2008, Eagle Rock Energy  Partners,  L.P., a
        Delaware  limited partnership ("Eagle Rock"), completed the
        acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of Stanolind Oil and
        Gas
        Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Stanolind"), for
        an  aggregate  purchase  price of $79 million,
        subject to working capital adjustments and other purchase price adjustments
        (the
        "Acquisition").  The purchase price was based on a reserve report of
        the oil and gas properties to be acquired in the Acquisition dated as of
        December 31, 2007.
As
        previously  announced, Stanolind's oil and gas properties include an
        estimated 290 producing wells (as of December 31, 2007) with an estimated
        net
        production of 850 Boe/d (as of April 1, 2008) and an estimated proved reserves
        of 6.7 MMBoe (as of December 31, 2007), of which 47% is proved developed
        producing.  The Acquisition is expected to generate approximately
        $15.3 million of annualized adjusted EBITDA, with $1.5 million annual
        maintenance capital expenditures.
One
        or
        more Natural Gas Partners' private equity funds ("NGP"), which directly or
        indirectly owns a majority of the equity interests in Stanolind, is an affiliate
        of Eagle Rock and is the majority owner of the sole owner of Eagle Rock Energy
        G&P, LLC (the "Company"), which is the general partner of Eagle Rock Energy
        GP, L.P., which is the general partner of Eagle Rock.  Because of the
        potential for conflict between the interests of the Company and the
        non-affiliated unitholders of Eagle Rock, the Board of Directors of the Company
        (the "Board") authorized the Company's Conflicts Committee to review, evaluate,
        and, if the Conflicts Committee deemed appropriate, approve the
        Acquisition.  The Conflicts Committee, which consists of independent
        directors of the Board, determined that the Acquisition was fair and reasonable
        to Eagle Rock and its non-affiliated unitholders and recommended to the Board
        that the transaction be approved and authorized, and the Board subsequently
        approved and authorized the transaction.
Item
      9.01                                
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit
      No.                                
Description
99.1
Press
                Release of Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. dated April 30,
                2008.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
      has
      duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
      duly authorized.
EAGLE
      ROCK ENERGY PARTNERS,
      L.P.
By:
Eagle
                Rock Energy GP, L.P.,
its
                general partner
By:
Eagle
                Rock Energy G&P, LLC,
its
                general partner
Date:
                May 1, 2008
By:
/s/
                Joseph A. Mills
Joseph
                A. Mills
Chief
                Executive Officer
INDEX
      TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
      No.                                
Description
99.1
Press
                Release of Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. dated April 30,
                2008.