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The K50 is still an ok camera. In fact for stills the body is VERY similar, you'd probably not notice the difference of shots once graded and output to a distributable format, and the weather sealing is cool even if the smooth body finish is a little slippery and I'm unlikely to recommend any color but black as any not kit lens is going to be black anyway. For video the K50 does suffer slightly compared to the rebel although its certainly still usable. But your drawback is the pentax range, even the factory kit lens is pretty average, with FAR less ability to upgrade to a better body or adapt non-native lenses. So as a photographer whos had several Pentax cameras in the past (and thousands of dollars of pentax glass) I can't say they have really kept up with the competition since you stopped shooting actual film.
That aside if your looking for a daily use camera and don't mind the extra size of a DSLR then the K-50 is going to be fine, there isn't really much difference so saving a few bucks or a bit more water resistance may make sense. But if your really wanting to get into photography then there is something to be said for grabbing from either Nikon or Canon, it just makes your life much easier in the long run. Canon has cheaper\lighter\more lenses than Nikon, however Nikon's glass is bigger offset so can be adapted to Canon but not vice versa.
That said, I'm mostly saying this because you already have six lenses. :) YMMV on camera body upgrades. Most people see a greater improvement out of investing in higher quality lenses than they do out of upgrading the camera itself. 3x resolution is handy if you want to print your photos in large formats like posters, but for 4x6 and 8x10 prints, even the 20D's meager 8.2MP is more than up for the job. Resolution doesn't speak to image quality at small render resolutions. :)