In case anyone else runs into this. This was my error, basically I was trying to do things the old UE4 way in Lyra. Lyra uses its own cosmetics system. To add parts to your character you just use the AddCharacterPart method. That will add other actors to your lyra character and they will be in sync with animation.
I was basically attaching things to the Hero character when they needed to be attached to the cosmetic actor.
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