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I was told that the move to rear drums was because if you drive on gravel roads the grit that accumulates in the wheels will score your rotors rather quickly. On my 2003 GMC there are rear drum brakes and on the 1996 I had before that had rear discs. The rotors on my 1996 were scored badly every 20K or so. I drive 7 miles of gravel every time I leave my place. The 2003 has rear drums and they have over 40K on them and looked fine last time I checked.