In mid-2006, Michaels announced that four cast members would be laid off due to budget cuts, but he did not say whom. On September 22, 2006, it was announced that three cast members had been laid off: Parnell; Horatio Sanz; and Finesse Mitchell. This effectively made him the only "SNL" performer to have been released twice by Lorne Michaels, although Parnell did say in a 2008 interview with "The Sound Of Young America" podcast that he was okay with being let go this time, as he was considering leaving after that season anyway, adding that he probably would have stayed one more season had he been asked back. He had been with "SNL" for eight seasons; at the time only four people (Darrell Hammond, Tim Meadows, Kevin Nealon, and Al Franken) had been cast members longer. He has since made uncredited cameo appearances on the show, including parodying newscasters Tom Brokaw, Jim Lehrer, and Bob Schieffer. Parnell and his former "SNL" castmate Horatio Sanz starred together in "Big Lake", a 2010 sitcom on Comedy Central from executive producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.