You are having some impingement ... the above the head pain is called a painful arc. You are also right on target about your push/pull imbalance. Most impingements have nothing to do with direct rotator cuff strength, but actually weakness of the scapular stabilizers. I would stop all pressing movements (including any lateral raises) and work on correcting the imbalance.
If you do a search of this forum you should find some ideas ... read Robertson and Hartman's article on T-Nation about Facepulls ... Cressey and Robertson's Neanderthal No More series ...
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