Drummer and singer, and wife Mimi Parker, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer since 2020

Lou's Mimi Parker has died.

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The band announced the news this morning (November 6) on their official Twitter account.

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"A message that Mimi Parker passed away last night nearby her family."

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Reads the message. "Do remember her in your memories”

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Love really is the most important thing." Parker had been battling ovarian cancer since 2020.

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Mimi Parker is from Minnesota; She spent her childhood in the Bemidji area and went to Duluth for college.

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His mother was an aspiring country singer

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Mimi Parker started drumming in middle school, performing snare in the marching band.

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Mimi Parker met her future husband and bandmate Alan Sparhawk in grade school.

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Parker and Sparhawk began dating in high school and married several years later.

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Thank You

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