The pedal should come back up when you pull the release regardless of what is going on underneath. So new parking brake unit needed or maybe the old one just needs to be lubed up in the right places.
As for the loose cable underneath, assuming it it not broken and is still attached properly at the rear brakes and at the adjuster, then it needs to be adjusted at the adjuster (per pic, not an S10, but same general idea)
thanks for your response, ok i loosened the e brake pedal assembly the other night and did not know it should return on it's own, thinking the cable sprig does that
however the slack is more that the adjusting bolt range underneath...I believe, and no it is not broken
i did read somwhere that the rear brakes are seized? is the ebrake separate from the rear brakes? like on disc brakes, my rears are drums
again thanks
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