Smush Parker has returned to Miami where his agent said the Heat front office has invited the banished guard to rejoin the team.

?(Heat general manager) Randy Pfund called me (Wednesday) and told me that they need Smush back down there,? the agent, Billy Ceisler, said Thursday afternoon.

Parker flew from New York to Miami Thursday afternoon.

President and coach Pat Riley made Parker leave the Heat after an altercation with a valet parking attendant on Nov. 27. Upon signing a two-year, $4.6 million free agent contract over the summer, Parker played just nine games before the exile. He had been working out in New York recently, waiting to learn of Riley?s next move.