Personally, if I have an intact airplane around me, I'm certainly more inclined to fly that down than to attempt to deploy a parachute under which a perfectly flyable airplane exists.
I've always thought that. As soon as you pull the parachute then surely you've lost most of the control of the situation and are just waiting to see where you land \ crash. Whether that's into the side of a house, in the middle of a river, or in a nice soft field.
With the donkey out, you have some control over where and when you land. I'd much rather take that option.
Although, as has been said, it's easy for me to say that having never experienced an engine failure before....