headlights and back up lights won't shut off, and won't respond to the dial on the dash to turn them off, but shut off when parking break is applied, how do I fix this? because it's killing my battery

What is your question?

the headlights and the reverse lights stay on all the time unless the parking break is applied, they won't shut off, even though the switch for the headlights is set to off and the vehicle itself is in park, it is draining the battery to a point I now need to get a new one because it is dead dead, and won't hold a charge anymore, and the parking break must be applied before the vehicle will start otherwise it won't start with the lamps active.

What makes this problem better or worse?

parking break must be on to start the car, as parking break seems to disable the lights

How long has your 2007 Ford Freestyle had this problem?

Just got the car yesterday