Dedicated server has high number of zombie processes….

I am running WordPress on a Dedicated Server. I use a custom theme and have integrated WP into an existing website.

My web host now reports that there are a high number of zombie processes related to PHP on my non-wordpress pages.

Here is the only php code on those pages (expect a few php includes):

<?php require_once('../../blog/wp-blog-header.php'); header("HTTP/1.1 200 OK"); header("Status: 200 OK") ?>

The above is used to make the pages WP aware, and for some reason, WP makes the pages display a 404 Not Found.

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