VST plugin settings keep resetting. -- Fixed. Viva la Sonar!

[class="post"]I've been using Sonar 7 Producer for a few months but mostly for pure audio track recording.  I recently finished a project with mostly audio and one VST - Addictive Drums (awesome drum VST!) - which I triggered with my TD6. No problems there.

Now I'm working on a project that's mostly VST midi tracks and I'm seriously considering switching to another DAW.  The problem is that the VST settings keep resetting to the VST default when I hit play.  I disabled the "Zero Controllers When Play Stops" option in the 'Project settings' and now it resets the VST's less often but it still does it very frequently, especially when I change the start point. 

One example of a VST I'm using where this is happening is the Pro-53.  This is a very commonly used synth so I know it's not just cheesy plugins.  Anyone else have this problem?  I've spent some time searching the Cakewalk forums and it seems these types of issues with VST's are somewhat common. 

If I can't resolve this I'm probably going to switch to Cubase.  I'd rather not have to spend $450 or learn a new DAW but ****.  This is such a simple problem and it's ri-goddamn-diculous that I'll have to abandon Sonar because of it, but it's a major issue. 

Tell me I'm overlooking something simple!  Any insights are HIGHLY appreciated.