2002 Trail Blazer Wheel Noise

[garednck]

My wife has a 2002 Trail Blazer which I seldomly drive. However the other night after stopping for a red light I felt a grabbing or ginding noise in the left rear wheel area. It felt almost like a spline shaft that had stripped teeth. I pulled the rear wheels and have not seen anything unsual. I did lube the caliper slides and re-drove it and again heard and felt the same. Any ideas?

[maxwedge]

Pull the rotor and look for worn out metal to metal parking brake shoes, problems with this mechanism not releasing is causing the shoes to drag and wear.

[garednck]

Thanks Max I didn't even think about checking that