Mainly a singer, vocal coach, composer, and producer, she has performed as a background singer with musicians such as Engelbert Humperdinck, Reo Speedwagon, Patsy Meyer, Don Dokken, and Smokey Robinson. Since 1992 she is also a part of the band Jae Cie. Parr has played several feature parts as well as many lead vocals for dozens of commercials, and has a degree in arts and drama. Beside her music skills she has also done appearances as a model, hosted and produced a radio show, and also as an aerial and trapeze circus performer in 1974. Parr also contributes music for the daytime soap Passions (song "Merry, Merry, Merry") and received several awards for songwriting such as her third ASCAPlus award in 2005. In 1996 she was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for the feature article "Why Are Our