 On January 6, 2009, "The Detroit News" announced that Parker had resigned from the newspaper the previous week.On December 13, 2012, on "First Take", Parker made controversial remarks relating to Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III during a segment discussing Griffin's comment at an earlier press conference that although he was an African-American, he did not want to be defined by that alone.Parker stated that these words were a "red flag" for him and asked "Is he a brother, or is he a cornball brother?"