You should try and use the WordPress hierarchy instead of singe-cat-.
Make your parent category template using category.php or category-{slug}.php , and then use the technique here, http://codex.wordpress.org/User:MichaelH/MyPlugins.
Or for more options try this plugin, http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/category-template-hierarchy/
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