Since nontrivial unipotent elements have order $p$, you will have plenty of subgroups, doc. I don't think they are understood.
For instance, the answer to your second question is no as soon as $K$ contains at least $p^3$ elements. Just take two different $C_p^2$ in the additive group of $K$ and consider two upper triangular groups with off-diagonal elements in your $C_p^2$-s...
Having said that, it may be an interesting questions what finite simple groups sit there. Are they all $PSL(2,q)$?

