Success - Gave it a few days for the PB Blaster to soak in and great tip disassembling the pedal + removing the crank arm! once the pedal was apart I was able to get a socket on it which had a much better bite. sorta put the rachet and the crank arm on the work bench in a triangle type fashion and was able to hammer it apart with the dead blow.
Thanks for all the tips!! I was just about to start really ripping into it.