In kubernetes How can I use metadata name from Replication Controller inside my pod? Lets say I want to pass :

name: sparkworker1-rc

To my pods so I can use it as a parameter for log file, for example:

- name: "JAVA_OPTS"
  value: "-DMY_RC_NAME=$(MY_RC_NAME)"

But instead of getting "sparkworker1-rc" I get the name of the pod that is running sparkworker1-rc-(name_of_the_pod).

This is my YAML:

kind: ReplicationController
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: sparkworker1-rc
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    component: spark-worker1
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        component: spark-worker1
      annotations:
        pod.beta.kubernetes.io/hostname: worker1

Does anyone knows how I can get the RC name and NOT the pod name?