Yep, the more I think about it the more I should probably drop the oil pan and just take the connecting rod cap off and pull the piston/rod assembly out. I would just clean the pistons up but get new rings and wrist pins.
As for the rocker arms, my brother and I replaced the rocker arms, pivot/fulcrum assemblies about 6 months ago.
Any advice in regards to cleaning up the head and how to lap the valves. I was going to borrow a valve spring tool from auto zone to take the valves out myself and clean them up with some brake cleaner.