Squid dead but subsys locked

# /etc/init.d/squid status
squid dead but subsys locked

# df -h
# rm -rf /var/run/squid.pid
# rm -rf /var/lock/subsys/squid

# tail -f /var/log/messages
# tail -f /var/log/squid/cache.log
# /etc/init.d/squid start

2007/12/28 09:57:16| Starting Squid Cache version 2.5.STABLE6 for i386-redhat-linux-gnu...
2007/12/28 09:57:16| Process ID 26701
2007/12/28 09:57:16| With 1024 file descriptors available
2007/12/28 09:57:16| DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, port 33056, FD 4
2007/12/28 09:57:16| Adding nameserver 202.XX.XX.XXX from /etc/resolv.conf
2007/12/28 09:57:16| Adding nameserver 202.XX.XX.XXX from /etc/resolv.conf
2007/12/28 09:57:16| Adding nameserver 192.168.0.254 from /etc/resolv.conf
2007/12/28 09:57:16| User-Agent logging is disabled.
2007/12/28 09:57:16| Referer logging is disabled.
2007/12/28 09:57:16| Unlinkd pipe opened on FD 9
2007/12/28 09:57:16| Swap maxSize 102400 KB, estimated 7876 objects
2007/12/28 09:57:16| Target number of buckets: 393
2007/12/28 09:57:16| Using 8192 Store buckets
2007/12/28 09:57:16| Max Mem size: 51200 KB
2007/12/28 09:57:16| Max Swap size: 102400 KB
2007/12/28 09:57:16| /var/spool/squid/swap.state.new: (13) Permission denied
FATAL: storeDirOpenTmpSwapLog: Failed to open swap log.
Squid Cache (Version 2.5.STABLE6): Terminated abnormally.
CPU Usage: 0.013 seconds = 0.006 user + 0.007 sys
Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB
Page faults with physical i/o: 0

# ll /var/spool/squid/swap.state*
-rw-r--r-- 1 squid squid 497088 Dec 28 10:02 swap.state
-rw-r--r-- 1 squid squid 0 Dec 27 23:20 swap.state.new

# chmod 777 /var/spool/squid/swap.state
# /etc/init.d/squid start
FAILED

# chmod 644 /var/spool/squid/swap.state*
# /etc/init.d/squid start
FAILED

# mv /var/spool/squid/swap.state.new /var/spool/squid/swap.state.new.bak
# /etc/init.d/squid start
OK...