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It's usually caused by a leak in your wheel cylinder. The part itself is around $10.00, but be careful when you remove the brake line, it is very easy to break.

It could also be:

the rear brakes were wrongly made by the manufacture and so were the specs dispersed to all other companies to it warps horribly

the wheel cylinder

master cylinder.

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Q: Why do the rear brakes lock up on a Chevy Cavalier?
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