Function That Sums All Elements in List Up to But Not Including The First Even Number

I'm trying to write a python function that will sum up all of the elements in a list up to but not including the first even number. The function needs to pass the following tests:

from test import testEqual

testEqual(sum_of_initial_odds([1,3,1,4,3,8]), 5)
testEqual(sum_of_initial_odds([6,1,3,5,7]), 0)
testEqual(sum_of_initial_odds([1, -7, 10, 23]), -6)
testEqual(sum_of_initial_odds(range(1,555,2)), 76729)

I tried the following:

import random

lst = []
def sum_of_initial_odds(nums):
    sum = 0
#test if element is odd number - if it's odd, add it to the previous integer
    for i in lst:
        if i % 2 != 0:
            sum = sum + i
        return sum
#test if element is even number - if it's even, don't include it and break code
        else: 
            if i % 2 == 0:
        break: 

I'm currently getting a parse error:

ParseError: bad input on line 11

which is the line:

else: 

How else can I write this code so that it adds the elements in a list, but doesn't include the first even number, without getting Parse errors?