I re-read this post, looked at the pics, and worked on the right parking brake today. I made progress, but had two major complications.
First, the brake shoes did not simultaneously touch the front metal protrusion on the disc brake housing. They're off by about 5 mm. I disconnected the parking brake cable and tried various configurations, all to no avail. I also confirmed that the large spring went into the proper holes (and found out why those were the proper holes, LOL). I tripled checked the brake lever to ensure it said "up." I don't know if left and right parking brake parts are the same, but I kept them in separate bags and labeled them "left" and "right" twice on each bag.
Despite this, I assembled the parking brake. When I put the metal rod in the rear on, it pushed both brake shoes partially out from their upper and lower clips. In addition, the brake shoes went out so far that the rotor would not fit.
I reinserted the rod several times and rotated it, all to no avail. As a result, with the rod, the brake disc won't fit on (it fits just fine without it).
I spent about 5 hours on this today.
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