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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-07-30</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001364541</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>EAGLE ROCK ENERGY PARTNERS L P</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EROC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000806085</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>745 SEVENTH AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10019</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Units</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>7646219</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See Footnote</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">By indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Reporting Person: 2,674,167 common units held by Lehman Brothers Inc.; 3,590,859 common units held by Lehman Brothers MLP Opportunity Fund LP; and 1,381,193 common units held by Lehman Brothers MLP Partners, LP</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>JOINT FILER INFORMATION:
Title of Derivative Securities: Common Stock
Issuer &amp;  Ticker Symbol: Eagle Rock Energy Partners L P (EROC)

Designated Filer:
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019

Other Joint Filer Information (all filers share the Reporting Person's address):

Lehman Brothers Inc., a Delaware corporation, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Reporting Person.

LB I Group Inc., a Delaware corporation, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Inc.

Lehman Brothers MLP Opportunity Associates LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Reporting Person.

Lehman Brothers MLP Opportunity Associates LP, a Delaware limited partnership, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Lehman Brothers MLP Opportunity Associates LLC and general partner of LB MLP Opportunity Fund LP

Lehman Brothers MLP Opportunity Fund LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

Lehman Brothers MLP Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LB I Group Inc.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Barrett S. DiPaolo</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-08-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
