Replace the entire set of six wires. I never tried removing them so I don't know what to expect for the result of doing that. The 3.3 / 3.8L uses a coil pack with three ignition coils. When you disconnect one plug wire, you will kill two cylinders. Worse, those coils are capable of quite a lot of voltage and if it can't create a spark across both spark plugs, it's going to find a different path and that often leads to arcing internally. Arcing leaves a carbon track behind which promotes further arcing and misfires.
A burned valve can also cause a misfire but that isn't very common anymore. A compression test or a cylinder leakage test would confirm that. They don't typically cause a backfire but they will cause the engine to run smoothly at higher speeds.
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