In 1987, he earned a BA in Fine Arts/Painting from the University of South Florida, Tampa, and then in 1990, an MFA from The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA. Parazette moved to Houston in 1990 as a Core Fellow at the Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Since then he has taught at The Glassell School of Art, North Harris County Community College, and the University of Houston.