Autopatch error: The worker should not have status 'Running' or 'Restarted' at this point

Autopatch error: The worker should not have status 'Running' or 'Restarted' at this point 

If you are restarting a failed patch session in oracle applications, sometimes you may encounter the error

AutoPatch error:

The worker should not have status 'Running' or 'Restarted' at this point.

Telling workers to quit...

All workers have quit.

Connecting to APPS......Connected successfully.

AutoPatch error:

Error running SQL and EXEC commands in parallel

Cause:

1. adpatch or adop process was killed from OS level while patch is being applied

2. Database shutdown or terminated

Solution:

Kill the ad patch sessions and try to apply the patch again.

1.Oracle>ps -eaf | grep adpatch
           OR
   Oracle>ps -efa | grep adworker

2.Oracle>kill -9 <pid>

3.Even if it is not working, then bounce the database.