How do I unlock a swatch on Illustrator CS5?

I opened a PDF in Illustrator and it has 4 Spot color swatches. Two of them will not delete or let me alter them and I need to change them to CMYK. I've tried reopening the document, restarting my computer and copying and pasting everything into a new document. Nothing has worked for me. I've also tried selecting everything, and going to Edit > Edit Colors > Convert to CMYK ... and then making a new color group (with global checked.) Still won't let me edit the two problem swatches. I then went to "Select all unused" from the swatch panel (thinking they would at least get selected because all of the colors should link to my new global color group) and the two problem swatches did NOT get selected. I've tried deleting all the links (thinking maybe the spot color was tucked in an eps file or something.) No objects are locked and none of the layers are locked.
Any help would be greatly apprectiated!!
Thank you,
Sara

SMNO:
What happens if you convert the colors to CMYK in Acrobat before opening the file in Illustrator?
Even after all your edits, are you actually seeing a color color when you use the Seperations Preview in Illustrator? Is your Document Info Palette telling you there are Spot Color objects?
Can you post a screen shot?

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