Also means
quick fix, stopgap
Usage Note
Parche can be a literal patch (on clothing, a tyre, a wound) or a figurative stopgap solution; eso es un parche dismisses something as a band-aid fix rather than a real solution. In music, parche also refers to the membrane of a drum. The figurative use is extremely common in political and journalistic Spanish.
Examples
"Pusieron un parche en el neumático pinchado."
Natural Translation
They put a patch on the flat tyre.

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