Luke Parker suffered a really bad breakup around the time "The Bachelorette" was looking for men to cast in Hannah Brown's season. In an interview with the Gainesville Times, Parker's sister-in-law, also named Hannah, revealed that she watches the show with her husband and decided to nominate Parker for "The Bachelorette" but didn't think he would actually be chosen.

She filled out his application without telling him and just a few months later Parker received a call from the show's casting team. According to Parker's brother Mike, Parker was only interested in doing the show if Hannah Brown would be the Bachelorette. Mike said, "He and I had a conversation before he left and they hadn't told him who it was going to be yet, but he didn't want it to be anybody else."

What drew Parker to Hannah Brown was the strong Christian faith she displayed on Colton's season of "The Bachelor." Luke's sister-in-law Hannah said, "They showed on the season when the girls were at the house, they showed her a couple of times where she was reading her Bible and writing in her journal and stuff." Luckily, for Luke, he ended up on Brown's season, even if the journey didn't always go smoothly.