Parking Lights stay on until I disconnect battery cables... Please help...

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I have a 2002 Toyota Corolla with over 190K on it. After my last alignment, my parking/daytime running lights will NOT go off. I turn the car off, lights off, remove the key and they stay on and have ran my battery dead once. This went on for about 2 weeks. Then one day after some fiddling: engaging/disengaging parking brake, turning lights on and off, jiggling the key. they went off and stayed off. Fast forward 3 months... I park the car for a week long cruise in a "bumpy due to bibrations from passing vehicles" parking garage. I get back to the car to find the battery dead and am now back to disconnecting the battery. Normal function was I turn everything off, remove the key and they would stay on for 2 seconds ONLY. Now, I am disconnecting my battery every time I park my car. Please help. Thanks so much!! Enjoy your day!!