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Answer for the clue "Son to finish parody ", 7 letters:
send-up

Word definitions for send-up in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ His most famous movie is a hilarious send-up of life in ancient Rome. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And some of us decided to do a send-up of Iron Arrow. ▪ In fact it was a relatively innocent send-up .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. A satirical imitation of a work of art or a genre. n. A satirical imitation of a work of art or a genre.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"a spoof," British slang, 1958, from verbal phrase send up "to mock, make fun of" (1931), from send (v.) + up (adv.), perhaps a transferred sense of the public school term for "to send a boy to the headmaster" (usually for punishment), which is attested ...

Usage examples of send-up.

Shackleton, wrote some witty send-ups of various aspects of science fiction.