Mk2 2000 Handbrake

[Lookout]

Hi Rear brakes getting hot after handbrake applied on only driver side rear, strip down ,cylinder is fine as new, the shoes are new too, strip and reassembled could spin the drum ok,went for a drive handbrake applied ,on return of 1 mile drum was very hot and wheel was hard to turn on driver side rear ,offside no heat. help?  

[shenderson]

The handbrake linkage inside the drum is probably seized.