JB let me tell you. No distrespect meant by the following comments to the ladies on this forum as this is equally capable of coming from a male. But it has taken me the better part of 20 years of marriage to condition my wife to tell me when she hear, feels or senses something isn't right with our vehicles. We both drive a lot and our vehicles are our life lines. So they need to perform period.
Any way the last eposide was what she thought was a front wheel bearing. Praying that it wasn't as it's a press fit bearing on the 4h gen Maxima's I took a look at it. I'm here to tell you I could bearing replicate the noise by doing what I suggested to to you. The wear indicator was only hitting on, as you would imagine, the high spots on the rotor and since the assembly was cool during my inspection it just bearing was dragging. But new pads and rotors later Bob's was my Uncle and the noise was gone. One of the slider pins was froze in the caliper and it caused the brake pad to wear prematurely (heavy brake dust on one wheel was the clue here, duh).
Any who hope this cures your situation as well.