Juana (Juanita) Parra (born 19 November 1970) is a

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an musician, known as the drummer and percussionist of the Chilean rock band

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. She is the daughter of

Gabriel Parra Gabriel Parra (1947–1988) was the drummer of Chilean folk group Los Jaivas. He was the youngest of the three Parra brothers who formed the band. He died in a crash in Peru in 1988. After this accident, his daughter Juanita Parra replaced him ...

, and Eugenia Correa. Gabriel was the original drummer of

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–folk group

. He died in a crash in

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in 1988. Juanita joined the band as the drummer after her father's death. Her first CD with the band was '' Hijos de la tierra'' in 1995.

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