Door won't unlock/open

[fixkick]

ask a lock smith to fix it?
seem the lock is failing, not the key part, not the inside, rod to knob
but the actual door latch, in the jamb is failing.
with the door panel off, and you exercising the latch at the latch inside, rods off, and it fails, the latch is failing, (can be just needs lube or is bad , fate rules here)