Does this mean I need a new battery?

I have a MacBook Pro that I've had since 2007 that I'm having issues with. For the most part it's been a champ except for some battery issues that seem to be getting worse.
I upgraded the OS to mountain lion a while back and shortly after that I noticed my battery would drain SUPER fast. I'd charge it all the way and shut it for the night, only to find out the next morning it was dead, or almost dead. Found out that, for reasons I still haven't been able to figure out or fix, it doesn't go to sleep when I close the lid anymore. So now I have to put it to sleep first before I close it. That solved part of my problem, but my battery was still draining faster than it was before. I can let it charge all night, but only be able to use it without it being plugged in for an hour or two.
Well now the bigger problem is that it has started to get REALLY hot, and really fast. It used to only get hot if I had too many things open or was watching a movie. But now it gets hot if I've just been browsing the net for 15 minutes or more. It gets so hot, I can hardly touch it. My temporary solution has been to set it on some ice packs wrapped in a towel, which works really well. But obviously, it's inconvenient and there's clearly a problem here.
Do these things mean I need to replace my battery?

Maybe, but the heat has nothing to do with the battery. Make a new admin account, reboot into it, verify that the heat problem and the short battery life are still there. Post back.

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b. The iPod does not get charged at all due to hardware/software problem.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983
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C. Try another FireWire or USB port on your computer .
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http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
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http://www.ipodwizard.net/showthread.php?t=7369
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
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Intermediate Level
A. Try to connect your iPod with another computer with the iPod updater pre-installed.
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1. Open the disk utility, hope your iPod appears there (left hand side), highlight it
2. Go to Tab “Partition”, click either “Delete” or “Partition”, if fails, skip this step and go to 3
3. Go to Tab “Erase” , choose Volume Format as “MAC OS Extended (Journaled), and click Erase, again if fails, skip it and go to 4
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Eject your iPod and do a Reset
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=501330&tstart=0
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http://www.ipodresq.com/index.php
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Your iPod warranty is expired
You don’t want to pay any service charges
You are prepared to buy a new one
You can’t accept the re-sell value of your broken iPod
Rather than leave your iPod as paper-weight or throw it away.
You can try the following, but again, only do it as your last resort and at your own risk.
Warning !!!! – It may or may not manage to solve your problem, and with a risk that you may further damage your iPod, which end up as an expensive paper weight or you need to pay more higher repairing cost. Therefore, please re-consider again whether you want to try the next level
Last Resort Level
1. . Disconnecting the Hard Drive and battery inside the iPod – Warning !! Your iPod warranty will be waived once you open the iPod.
In Hong Kong there are some electronic shops offering an iPod service for Sad iPod, the first thing they do is to open up the iPod’s case and disconnecting the battery and the Hard Drive from the main board of the iPod. Wait for 5-10 minutes and reconnecting them back. The reason behind which I can think of is to do a fully reset of a processor of the iPod. In case you want do it itself and you believe that you are good on fixing the electronics devices and have experience to deal with small bits of electronic parts, then you can read the following of how to open the iPod case for battery and HDD replacement (with Quicktimes)
http://eshop.macsales.com/tech_center/index.cfm?page=Video/directory.html
2.Press the reset button on the Hard Drive inside the iPod – Suggestion from Kill8joy
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2438774#2438774
Have I tried these myself? No, I am afraid to do it myself as I am squeamish about tinkering inside electronic devices, I have few experiences that either I broke the parts (which are normally tiny or fragile) or failed to put the parts back to the main case. Therefore, I agree with suggestion to have it fixed by a Pro.
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Exclamation point and folder and nothing else
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3597173#3597173
Exclamation point and folder and nothing else
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2831962#2831962
What should I do with my iPod? Send it or keep it?
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Strange error on iPod (probably death)
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435160&start=0&tstart=0
Sad Face on iPod for no apparent reason
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Meeting the Sad iPod icon
http://askpang.typepad.com/relevanthistory/2004/11/meeting_thesad.html#comment-10519524
Sad faced iPod, but my computer won’t recognize it?
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iPod Photo: unhappy icon + warranty question
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4th Gen iPod Users - are we all having the same problem?
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Sad faced iPod, but my computer won’t recognize it
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2242018#2242018
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Re: try to restore ipod and it says "can't mount ipod"
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=443659&tstart=30
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2420150#2420150
Cant put it into disk mode
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I think my iPod just died its final death
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Apple logo & monochrome battery stay
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I am not suggesting that you should follow as well, but just read them as your reference. You are the person to make the call.
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Quote “This has been discussed numerous times as a 'fix'. It does work, at least for a while. In fact I remember using the same basic trick to revive Seagate and Quantam drives back in the mid to late 1980's. Why these tiny hard drives go bad I don't know - could be the actuator gets stuck in place or misaligned. Could be the platter gets stuck or the motor gets stuck. 'Stiction' was a problem for drives back in the 80's. Unfortunately the fix can cause damage to the platter so we temporarily fix one problem by creating another. But I know of two instances where a little slap onto the table revived the iPods and they are still worked a year or more later.”UnQuote

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