My fiancée and I have a 2000 Chevy Prizm with about 25,000 miles on it, and it has the original rear brakes. Over the past several months the rear brakes developed an obvious grinding noise when they are initially applied after the car has set overnight or for 10 hours or so. It sounds as if there is grit or dirt between the pads and drums but the noise goes away after the first or second time the brakes are applied. We have taken it in to the dealer twice before but they were not able to correct the problem either time. First they said there was a broken retaining pin that held one of the rear breaks in position. They fixed this under the warranty but it did not correct the grinding noise. The next time they said that the rear breaks were not properly adjusted when the work had be done before, and they said that neither the broken pin or this adjustment problem caused any damage to the pads or drums. This still did not correct the grinding noise. Now we have the taken the car to a different dealer for a second opinion. They say the drums are warped and have hot spots, and believe it looks as if the emergency brake was left on while driving. They suggested that for $90 we have the drums turned and the pads sanded and that should take care of the problem. They said that even though we have had problems before with these brakes it would not be covered under warranty. I am not sure what to do now or who to believe. Could the broken pin or the mis-adjustment cause the drums to warp? Should I go ahead and have them turned? Any advise would be appreciated.

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