VISUAL APCHS TO PARALLEL RWYS IN MARGINAL VFR WX CONDITIONS.

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SIMULTANEOUS OPPOSING VFR APCHS TO PARALLEL RWY WITH LIGHT RAINSHOWERS RESTRICTING VIS WITH OTHER ACFT AND THE RWY. EVENTS: OUR ACFT ROUTED FOR A VFR LNDG ON RWY 26R. TFC WAS HEAVY; RADIO WAS BUSY. CLRNC WAS TO 8000'; TFC 2 MI; 12 O'CLOCK TURNING W FOR RWY 26L FROM THE S. COULD NOT IDENT CONTACT AS WE WERE TOLD IT WAS A WDB. WE WERE PASSING 8500' AT THE TIME. DUE TO NO CONTACT; OUR CLRNC WAS TO TURN W; PARALLEL TFC WHICH WAS 11 O'CLOCK; 1 MI. DURING SEARCH FOR ACFT; OUR ALT HIT 7700'; ADDED PWR AND CLBED TO 8000'. FINALLY SAW OUR TFC (AN MLG) AND RECEIVED CLRNC TO DSND FOR LNDG. NO DEVIATIONS NECESSARY. SUGGESTION: I APPRECIATE THE TFC PROBS AT DEN AND THE NEED FOR AN EXPEDITED FLOW; BUT APCH HAS A TENDENCY TO PUSH THE VFR CONCEPT TO THE LIMIT TO MAINTAIN THIS FLOW. OUR ATTN WAS MORE FOCUSED ON THE PENDING TFC THAN OUR ALT. A SUGGESTION MIGHT BE; IN THE CASE OF REDUCED VIS IN THE STAGING AREA OF VFR APCHS TO RWY 26L/26R; DEN CONSIDER ILS 26L APCHS; SIDE STEP RWY 26R WHEN THROUGH THE RESTR VIS. DEN APCH KNEW THE VIS WAS RESTR OUTSIDE THE MARKER FOR RWY 26. WHEN CONDITIONS DO ARISE; AS THEY FREQUENTLY DO; THAT RESTRICTS VIS; APCH OR THE TWR SHOULD ASK ARRIVING ACFT WHAT THE RESTRICTION IS AND MODIFY THEIR PROCS FOR THE CONDITION; NOT PRESS ON AND HOPE THE RESTRICTING CONDITION WILL GO AWAY.