Jquery select highlight background li tag [closed]

[geruk]

I would like to highlight background color of parent menu. As you saw the following coding, it can be highlight only text.\[code\]<div id="dmenubg"> <ul id="nav" class="drop"> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15787747/index.php">Home</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15787747/#">Services</a> <ul> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15787747/aaa.php">AAA</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15787747/#">BBB</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15787747/#">CCC</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul></div>$(".drop li a").each(function() { if (str.indexOf($(this).attr("href").toLowerCase()) > -1) { $("li.highlight").removeClass("highlight"); $(this).parent().addClass("highlight"); var outerNav = $(this).parent().parent().parent(); if(outerNav.is("li")) { outerNav.find(">a").addClass("highlight"); } } });\[/code\]How make highlight on background color of parent menu ?