PDH DLL getting stuck has been an ongoing problem. Starting with version 5.7 you can use an alternate way of retrieving counters that won't use PDH DLL.
To enable it, set:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\ (Wow6432Node if you have it) \PowerAdminServerMonitor
Perf_AvoidPDH = 1
The PA Server Monitor service needs to be restarted after making this change.