Please help - pump problem

[A surfr uc]

I came home from work today and none of my jets were working. My filter pressure was at 0 and the pump was making a different noise than when running normaly. I turned it off and bumped the Hayward filter and turned it back on - no change

I tried to take the lid off of the filter baket to see if something was blocking the flow; it was nearly impossible to take off; I had to get a rubber hammer to turn it. The water inside was discolored.

I backwashed about a month ago and keep my pool ultra-clean. We are in FL and there have been some heavy winds and a few larger leaves were in the pool but the skimmer was relatively clean. We have a lanai so it's tough for debris to get in.

Does anyone have any idea what is going on? The filter and pump are not more than 2 years old. I'm really worried.

[rob the builder]

do you have a pool and a spa? turn it to spa see if it works. if it does there is a block in the inlet for the pool skimmeror dedicated line? prime it up with the hose if you have to