bibtex not finding .bib file in Windows 10 using WinEdt

Question

In the code below using the FAU Thesis template found here, my Bibliography is not getting generated. I have the chapters.bib file in folder named "References".

CODE

\documentclass[phd, 12pt, print]{fauthesis}
\usepackage{lipsum}
%======================================================================================
%   BIBLIOGRAPHY
%======================================================================================
\usepackage[backref=false,
            defernumbers=true,
            style = ieee,
            %sorting=none,
            sortcites=true,
            backend=biber]{biblatex}
\renewbibmacro{in:}{}
\addbibresource{../References/chapters.bib}% BibTeX
\defbibheading{bibempty}{}
%%% Bibliography Formatting
%
% This modifies the default LaTeX thebibliography environment to:
%   appear in the table of contents, and
%   list individual items single-spaced.
%
\renewenvironment{thebibliography}[1]{%
    \chapter*{\bibname@mkboth{\bibname}{\bibname}}%
    \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\protect\numberline{}\bibname}%
    \begin{singlespace}
    \list{@biblabel{@arabic\c@enumiv}}%
        {\settowidth\labelwidth{@biblabel{#1}}%
            \leftmargin\labelwidth\advance\leftmargin\labelsep
            @openbib@code
            \usecounter{enumiv}\let\p@enumiv@empty
            \renewcommand\theenumiv{@arabic\c@enumiv}}%
        \sloppy  \clubpenalty4000  @clubpenalty\clubpenalty  \widowpenalty4000%
        \sfcode\.\@m} {\def\@noitemerr{\@latex@warning{Emptythebibliography' environment}}%
        \endlist\end{singlespace}}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Test}
\lipsum[1-3]\cite{Richardson}
%\phantomsection
\begin{singlespace}
\setlength\bibitemsep{10pt}   % length between two different entries
\printbibliography
\end{singlespace}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\protect\numberline{}\bibname}
\end{document} 

I keep getting the errors:

This is BibTeX, Version 0.99d (MiKTeX 21.1)
The top-level auxiliary file: biblo.aux
I found no \citation commands---while reading file biblo.aux
I found no \bibdata command---while reading file biblo.aux
I found no \bibstyle command---while reading file biblo.aux
(There were 3 error messages)

This used to work up to early last year, now I cannot get my bibliography to compile properly. Can you assist me in getting my bibliography to be generated? Thanks!