Routine Issue with Variant Param Not Changing on Interaction

I routinely run into this basic issue:

1. I create a component with text (string param) and icon (instance swap param)
2. I add a variant to the component
3. I change the text and/or icon
4. I create an interaction, when you click on variant A it changes to variant B
5. In the prototype, variant A changes to variant B in all aspects EXCEPT for the params, the variant A text and/or icon persist in variant B