I tried downloading and installing Parrot OS on VM Ware.
In the options menu on boot, I selected Install.
Clicking next through each option, the install media is not recognized when you get to the screen past the keyboard select screen. I tried Alt + F2 and dropped into a console to look for the mounted virtual cdrom media but could find none.
I am stuck at this point in the process as nothing will install.
I solved this issue by selecting the Live boot option instead of install. Then I ran the installer from the live desktop and everything worked fine.