JQuery :: Superfish - Set Active Menu Style When Submenu Expanded?

I'm almost done customizing the Superfish jQuery menu to fit my web site theme. I have all of the menu hover and submenu hover styles in place, but I'm having a problem with the color of the top-level menu item's font when the submenu is expanded. The active top menu item's background matches the hover color, but when I hover overa submenu item, the font color reverts back to the original (non-hovered) color. How do I get the top level menu item's color to match its hover color when the submenu is expanded?

The relevant portions of my CSS are as follows:
.sf-menu a, .sf-menu a:visited { /* visited pseudo selector so IE6 applies text colour*/
color:#8C1C39;
}.sf-menu a.sfHover {
color:#FFFFFF;
}.sf-menu li {
background:transparent;
}.sf-menu li li {
background:#FFFFFF;
}.sf-menu li li li {
background:#9AAEDB;
}.sf-menu li:hover, .sf-menu li a:hover {
color: #FFFFFF;
background:#00207B;outline:0;
}.sf-menu a:focus, .sf-menu a:active,
.sf-menu li li a:hover, .sf-menu li.sfHover {
background:#8C1C39;
color: #FFFFFF;
outline:0;
}

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