$PARAM

Can I not pass param to images?

Code:
<include content="WidgetSpecial">
<param name="list_id" value="9016"/>

Code:
<include name="WidgetSpecial">
        <definition>
                  <control type="group">
            <height>600</height> 
            <include content="SpecialImages">
                <param name="list_id" value="$PARAM[list_id]"/>
            </include>
</control>
</definition>
</include>

Code:
<include name="SpecialImages">
        <definition>
            <control type="multiimage" id="7977">
                <fadetime>1500</fadetime>
                <animation effect="fade" time="200" tween="cubic">Visible</animation>
                <width>1080</width>
                <height>600</height>
                <imagepath background="true">$INFO[Container($PARAM[list_id]).ListItem.Art(fanart)]</imagepath>
            </control>
              </definition>
</include>

the image control works fine if I just use the 9016 and bypass params but I want to use this for more then one thing.