For the record, I was experiencing a heavy brake lever, not a stuck/weak brake. Car doesn't roll with the lever in position, but it takes some manly upper body strength to pull it up. As a matter of fact, I did fiddle around with it yesterday afternoon and it seemed like it'd eased up a bit over time. But this in comparison to the feather light ones on japanese passenger cars... Honestly, it might not seem all that unusual to someone who's always had 'em heavy.