87 Accord with hot brakes

[gyronaut]

Hi all. 87 Accord with front disc brakes. Both front wheels, rotors, lug nuts etc. getting pretty darn hot. Wheels are difficult to turn by hand-not turning freely at all. Things get hot even when I don't use the brakes at all, which leads me to believe the pads are riding too close to the rotors. I tried backing them off by compression with a C-clamp, which worked, till I pumped the brakes back up. Any ideas? Thanks