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I live in a mild climate near Seattle and if I dont drive my ranger for a few days the first 2-3 times I touch the brake it locks up. Afterwards it's fine. I assumed it was rust or scale from morning dew and a couple of scrubs from the brake pad cleared it off. Am I wrong? If its driven the next day it doesnt lock up and brakes as it should. Am i getting moisture in my system too? It's only an issue if it sets a few days and it's fixed by the time I get to the main road.
I'm going with moisture in the shoes. If the are OEM spec, they are organic composition. Organics can swell with moisture absorption. I have something very similar. If it is wet. rainy, when I first start up, My rear brakes are locked. Specially if I had the parking brake on, which I always do as it is a 5spd. Takes a little gas, the brakes break loose and it is fine. Only when it is wet. And where you are, it is wet far more often than it is here. I think someone on the other forum mentioned this as the mechanism for what was happening to me, and the hypothesis does fit.