Parks is definitely sucking up to Joe something silly, but everyone seems to forget that he was the common bond between everyone in the room. Mal was his guy. Parks was his engineer. He met Rory doing some rap shyt. He brought them together. Can't blame Parks for sticking with the one who has been his guy, especially if he's also the one paying him. He mentioned on the last pod that he didn't really get down with Mal, and all his interactions with Rory were through Joe and the Pod. It's actually wild that Mal was the one who sided with Rory over his man, but if you hear him tell it on the vimeo, he stood by what he believed in. That's respectable