Input menu changing my default keyboard layout-again. Grrrr!

This same issue had come up years ago, and I no longer remember with certainty how it was fixed. It just geared up its ugly head again. Ever since I can remember, I've been using a custom keyboard layout, which I arbitrarily labeled "Cantabria", that lets me type in seven languages with an absolute minimum of key combos. I only need a different keyboard layout for Cyrillic (Russian).
The problem is that, in the past few days or weeks, the system arbitrarily changes my Input Menu to reflect one of the two US English keyboards as the active one, either US or US Extended. I can't see a pattern. It just happens. The Menu Input key combinations are duly disabled, so it's not my accidentally hitting Command+Space.
I thought the solution had been simply to UNcheck both US keyboard options in International, but now it seems you can't do that. You have to have at least one of them selected.
Any ideas on how to stop this annoyance will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

To my stunned amazement, I just found this other thread from last September with the same issue. I had no memory of having posted then and I still have no independent recollection of it. Major senior moment, darn!
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16121983#16121983
Strange that back then I was able to unselect both US English keyboard layouts and now I can't, on the same machine and same OS build. I'll try deleting the files BDAqua mentions in that other thread.
In attenuating defense of my brain malfunction I can only offer that the other thread is dated the same day my second grandson was born. My mind was obviously elsewhere.

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