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Sky Growth Merger - Additional Information (Details) (Sky Growth Merger [Member], USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2012
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Acquired ownership percentage 100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired      
Manager [Member]
       
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Management services expenses, percentage of EBITDA 1.00%prx_ServiceManagementCostsPercentageOfEarningsBeforeInterestTaxesDepreciationAndAmortization
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= prx_SkyGrowthMergerMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= us-gaap_AffiliatedEntityMember
     
Management services expenses, maximum annual expenses $ 4,000,000prx_ServiceManagementCostsMaximumAnnualExpenses
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= prx_SkyGrowthMergerMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= us-gaap_AffiliatedEntityMember
     
Manager [Member] | Successor [Member] | Selling, General and Administrative Expenses [Member]
       
Business Acquisition [Line Items]        
Management services expenses   $ 700,000us-gaap_ServiceManagementCosts
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= prx_SkyGrowthMergerMember
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpensesMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= us-gaap_AffiliatedEntityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
$ 4,000,000us-gaap_ServiceManagementCosts
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= prx_SkyGrowthMergerMember
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpensesMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= us-gaap_AffiliatedEntityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember
$ 3,600,000us-gaap_ServiceManagementCosts
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= prx_SkyGrowthMergerMember
/ us-gaap_IncomeStatementLocationAxis
= us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpensesMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= us-gaap_AffiliatedEntityMember
/ us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis
= us-gaap_SuccessorMember