Wow, so this weirdly worked out. The first way didn’t work.. actually caused a crash..
I simply started following the second solution. I inserted a audio track, then a midi track.
Switched the output of that midi to addictive drums..
At that point I noticed the blank midi track freeze icon was active.
I clicked unfreeze on the blank midi track and my original AD2 suddenly unfroze. Still had no audio although I had my midi content back. Quickly copied it just in case. Deleted the blank audio and midi track.
In the output I had 2 instances of AD2. One is AD 2-1 and the other AD 2-2.. switched it to the first one and boom, I got drums!! \m/
Appreciate the help!