It looks like there is something more serious going on, and I wasn't able to duplicate what you are seeing. I tried starting over with a fresh install from the DrumsUI zip file (
https://www.eq2interface.com/downloa...Interface.html) and then added Blackhood's patch, and everything looks good. A minions file was not present in either package.
You might want to rename your current \DrumsUI folder to something like \DrumsUI_OLD and do a fresh install (into \DrumsUI) as above. Then if everything looks right, copy your customizations from the old folder into the new.