Cant add paramenter to data adapter

I have a data adapter I am trying to associate parameters to so I can run an da.update(ds) statement.  Here is my code.

 

Dim myCMD As New SqlCommand
        myCMD.Connection = myConn
        myCMD.CommandText = "TAG_UpdateSQFT"
        myCMD.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
        Dim param1 As New SqlParameter("@SQFT", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 10, "SQFT")
        Dim param2 As New SqlParameter("@ID", SqlDbType.Int, 10, "ID")
        myDA.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add(New SqlParameter(param1))
        myDA.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add(param2)
        myDA.UpdateCommand = myCMD

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Keeps dealing me I need the new keyword.  Could someone help me out.

thanks in advance.