Change PARENT class when child link is clicked to "active" - html

Question

Right I have seen the following information on this topic so do understand more about is here is what I have read so far:
Removing/adding link class onclick
Changing an element's ID with jQuery
and I have read the obvious jquery UI page but I can't find the way to add the onclick so that it changes the "parent" element to class="active"
<!--navbar-->
<nav class="top-bar">
<ul class="title-area">
<!-- Title Area -->
<li class="name">
<h1><a href="#" >Relution.co.uk</a></h1>
</li>
<li class="toggle-topbar menu-icon">
<span>Menu</span>
</li>
</ul>
<section class="top-bar-section">
<!-- Left Nav Section -->
<ul class="left hide-for-medium-up">
<li class="has-form">Click Here to login</li>
<li class="has-form">Not a member? Register for free</li>
</ul>
<!-- Right Nav Section -->
<ul class="right">
<li class="divider"></li>
<li class="active">Home</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>About</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>Services</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>Portfolio</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li>Contact</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
<li class="has-dropdown hide-for-small">
</i>
<ul class="dropdown">
<li><i class="foundicon-search"></i> Search</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="has-form hide-for-medium-up">
<form>
<div class="row collapse">
<div class="small-8 columns">
<input type="text">
</div>
<div class="small-4 columns">
Search
</div>
</div>
</form>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
</nav>
<!--/navbar-->
Below is the code that I'm using to target the links for an onlick even when I do this I want the parent li to become acive and all others to not be active
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('nav.top-bar > section.top-bar-section > ul.right > li > a').click(function(){

Answer 1

http://jsfiddle.net/n5CLu/
$('nav.top-bar > section.top-bar-section > ul.right > li > a').click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
$(this).parent().addClass('active').siblings().removeClass('active');
});