  In this article we prove the existence of a new family of periodic solutions
for discrete, nonlinear Schrodinger equations subject to spatially localized
driving and damping. They provide an alternate description of the metastable
behavior in such lattice systems which agrees with previous predictions for the
evolution of metastable states while providing more accurate approximations to
these states. We analyze the stability of these breathers, finding a very small
positive eigenvalue whose eigenvector lies almost tangent to the surface of the
cylinder formed by the family of breathers. This causes solutions to slide
along the cylinder without leaving its neighborhood for very long times.
