When power is applied to the magnet they attach themselves to the face of the drum, the more power you apply the tighter the magnet holds. The rolling of the wheel moves the arm the magnet attaches to and expands the shoes out against the drum. When a trailer is not pulled very often the arm can rust or stick in the pivot point of the arm and cannot move to apply the brakes. I pull the wheels on all my trailers and inspected every thing and repack the wheel bearings every year. Sounds like this is what you need to do. With only 5000 miles I doubt if anything is worn out, just needs a good freeing up.
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