Rear brakes... what I did wrong and where to go now?

[Inhouse Bob]

Bob , could you just take the rear brake apart and clean all the parts; than you can see if some are worn/rusty and perhaps order new parts if needed. We should all live near Razor ( perhaps down the road we can all live in the same retirement facility.)

PS : did you spill your beer again ?

No beer spilled yet, Meneer Houtman, but I am about to open a couple. It's been a frustrating hour

Not to jump in on Max’s help, but on almost anything that pin is just cleaned up well and re-used.

Cool. That saves me some time and I will just set aside the new pin for a later date :-)
Now, how about those pads?? You are only about five hours down coast. Perhaps if you have nothing better to do, you could ride on up and hold my hand?