So with the drive yesterday, I found that the brake pads were all completely worn down and all of them needed replacement. I hoped this would fix the problem with the sound of dragging brakes on the rotors. $60 later, and about an hour and I had new pads all around. I kind of got lucky because the autoparts place were out of the cheap pads, so I got the premium pads at the same price as the cheaper ones.

Going for a test drive, and the brake sound was still there. I didn't know what it was, but I should have seen it when replacing pads.

The rear rotor(s) were WARPED. You could turn them by hand and actually see the wobble that they had. So another run to an Autoparts store and $40 later (really cheap!) for rear rotors and I was set to go.

Going for a drive and the only problem now is the lack of power steering, check engine light, and the loud exhaust. Fixes for those will come.