Career
Parkes has played club football for Saint George"s, Highgate United and Tivoli Gardens. In the summer of 2012, Parkes joined Boys" Town Football Club on a season-long loan. Also in 2012, Parkes had a two-month trial with Alanyaspor of the Turkish TFF Second League but was not offered a contract.
On 18 February 2016, it was announced that Parkes had signed for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the United Soccer League.
He had spent the previous two years with Salvadoran club Anno Domini Isidro Metapán. In total, he scored 10 league goals for the club
He made his senior international debut for Jamaica in 2012. Parkes scored his first international goal on 30 March 2015 in a friendly against Cuba.
He was named to Jamaica"s squad for the 2015 Copa América.
International goals Scores and results list Jamaica"s goal tally first.