Drum Brake Assembly Questions

I thought of that, so after I put some slack in the ER cable, I tried it again and it was the same difficulty. But you did get me on the track to think of disconnecting the drive shaft to see if it's the transmission or a faulty diff assembly. Thanks.

When I depress the brake even going 10mph the shoes make a grinding or scraping noise they are so worn. I am fairly sure the shoes got cooked, will replace them. Oh and the drums were not that hard to get off as if they were stuck, but that was after I released the ER cable as well.