working on everything again now. the right rear door switch operates the lights fine for all rear lighting except the right rear door lights. the lights are good as they go on when grounded, so it's the ground from the rr door to wherever it meets up with the rr switch wiring. the rr door switch appears to go back to the tailgate first, then i'd guess back to the door, but i'm not sure. breaking out the schematics now. trying to avoid disassembling the interior to fix this.