I think Parkin may be in the Marmite category - you love it or you definitely don't.
My Mum was always making it, all year round unfortunately, and I hated the stuff.
I don't imagine there's an overwhelming demand for it so it isn't commercially viable.
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Maybe it's just not that popular (especially when you can get the rather lighter Jamaica ginger cake all year round). Or maybe because bonfire night is one night (5 or 6 at a pinch) and Christmas lasts for 3 months. 
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