Robert Owen Parlee is a singer, songwriter, & musician (piano, electric & acoustic guitars). His career started as a teenager in the Pasadena, CA area in the band Pictures, leading to gigs & record contracts. Parlee signed with Pasha/CBS Records and became part of the band Isle of Man with Ron Aniello (producer for Lifehouse, Jars of Clay, Springsteen, Barenaked Ladies & more), James Carter, & Ronnie Lee Sage, produced by Spencer Proffer (Quiet Riot & more). The band released one album, Isle of Man, with Parlee as lead vocal under the studio-issued pseudonym “Robere Parlez.” The album peaked at #110 on Billboard's Hot 200. The video of “Desperate Surrender” was played on MTV and MTV2, and “Am I Forgiven” charted at #90 in 1986. Parlee’s next contract was with Curb Records in the band Lonesome Romeos with Ron Aniello again and Phillip Kennard, produced by Toby Scott (longtime engineer for Bruce Springsteen). The Lonesome Romeos released two albums: The Lonesome Romeos (backing vocals & keys), and Seven Years in Bed (lead vocals).  Being a signed artist at Curb led to movie credits in Teen Wolf Too with the studio band Ragtime (lead vocal on “Do You Love Me?”), Major League (backing vocals “U.S. Male” & backing vocals and keys on “Oh You Angel”), and Wedding Bell Blues (lead vocals & writer on “Sea of Love”). Continuing his musical collaborations led to an independent album with SoCal songwriter John Jensen (L.U.S.T.), a Staples Center appearance and TV pilot as part of the band Clementine, playing with Colour My World (a Chicago tribute band), & many solo gigs and appearances with The Terry McRaven Band in Big Bear, CA. He currently plays local venues and focuses on original compositions with his wife, Julie, creating a body of work to share from his home studio in the mountains of Northern California. This album, Stealing Every Moment, brings to life songs written over multiple decades and recorded in Nashville with producer Travis Allen.

Yes, they're related: his son, Alexander Parlee, performs as a solo artist, as “Parlor,” and as “Alexander Parlee & The Ellipses.”