Fan Switch BR wire fried, no blower

[jamesmadconductor]

I hope someone can help me out here, and here is the order of events: a/c has been working fine, with the fan high speed occasionally cutting out, but now I have no fan at all. I have already read over the million threads outlining the situations where only low and medium work, and how the blower relay is only for high speed. I get that, but since I have no fan anymore, and the relay still clicks when the switch is turned to high, I think the relay is not my problem. I am assuming that it is my resistor, but I am wanting to hear any other thoughts before I open up the box to get at the resistor.

With the attached pics, would a failed resistor cause the extreme heat at the brown lead wire?