Photoshop lock layer; how to unlock?

one layer in a photoshop document has a padlock on it; no clue how it got there. I can't make it go away; perhaps the method is different in CS6 than in previous versions...
Any clue about this? I can't fill a selection on this particular layer...don't  know why. The layer in question IS selected, and the selection is active, etc.
w

Admittedly the transparent lock is rarely seen, but notice your little brush icon is now active.  You've partially locked the layer (specifically, you've locked the image pixels).  Just click that brush icon and you should be in business.
See this page for what the various lock icons do.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WS1375CE44-C305-4d39-8CAF-7CF770557E6Ea.htm l#WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78bfa
-Noel

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