Drain the crab meat well and then evenly spread it across the bottom of a large bowl using care not to break up the crab meat pieces.
Sprinkle the crushed saltines over the top (Do Not mix together yet). Crush with your hands, it is fine if there are some larger pieces.
In a small bowl, mix together the hot sauce, pepper, salt, dijon, old bay, worcestershire, onion powder, garlic powder, egg, mayo, lemon juice and Parsley (optional ). Whisk well.
Pour the wet ingredients over the crab meat and saltines and then VERY GENTLY, using your hands, fold together the ingredients until well mixed. Do your best not to break up the crab meat.
Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least one hour.
Remove the bowl from the fridge and pat into patties. (This recipe makes about 6 patties). Place the patties on the sheet pan that they will bake on (for easy clean up, put aluminum foil on the pan first).
Place the patties back into the fridge for at least an hour.
When ready to broil - preheat the oven to BROIL HIGH. Allow the oven to come to full temp (it will take about 10- minutes or maybe a little more so be patient. Do NOT plop the crab cakes immediately into the oven as it preheats for the broil).
Brush the tops of the crab cakes with the melted butter and Broil on HIGH for 8 minutes on the first side.
Carefully (very very carefully, they break apart easily) turn the crab cakes over and brush with butter on the other side. Broil for another 6 minutes. Serve Hot.