Why would a parasite evolve sapience?

Parasite are very unusual creatures, their entire livelihood relies on an unwilling host to allow them to live, some parasite even control the creature itself! Despite this, to my knowledge, there are no parasites that are very intelligent, never mind sapient.

My question is what sort of parasitic species design could possibly develop sapience, and what forces would encourage and lead to that development?

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