I don't know about Silverado trucks but all of the emergency (parking) brakes I'm familiar with use the brake cable to "pull" and hold the brake against the drum (or disk), so if the cable breaks you simply cannot apply the emergency brake. That is, it is automatically released if the the cable breaks.
on the side of the brake assembly is a lever with a "u" at the bottom pull or pry it rearward-this will release the pedal (BE CAREFUL IT WILL RELEASE HARD)
If the cable is broken and parking/emergency brake is still ON, then they are rusted in place ! - Your emergency brake system needs urgent work.
The park release lever is right above the parking brake. I need to push in on my parking brake a little and then pull on the release for it to release it.
frist make syre your rear brakes are ajusted properly then try your parking brake
probably have broken parking brake cable.
It' Broken
You would have to find a tube or something to release the handle and ratchet.
my parking brake release did not take off the parking brake on my 2001 chevy s10? is there a way to disengage it?
I believe tyhere was a recall on this. check with dealer
On the newer vehicles, you push the parking brake down to release the parking brake. Older vehicles have a release handle on the lower left side of the dashboard.
how do you release a parking brake for a 2006 sts cadillac
Yes, connected to the parking brake assembly is a little black lever, which when pulled will manually release the parking brake.