smelly brakes

in preperation for an impending MOT, today I changed the rear brake shoes and drums on my 90. When I had fitted the drum I couldn't slacken the shoes off enough to turn the drum. My drive is on a slope so I checked that it would roll back with just the weight of the vehicle and it did, so I did the other side (same problem) then took it for a test drive.
Stops better than ever and not as much travel in the pedel, the only thing is that when I got it home I could smell the brakes had been overheating.
Is this just the fact that they are new or Have I cocked up somewhere?

Check to see if the wheel will rotate freely now. It could be that the new shoes just needed bedding in, but I doubt it.
Did you chamfer the leading edges of the shoes?

if the wheels dont spin freely, find a bit of clear straight road and brake from 40 ish down to a stop 5 or 6 times to get them bedded and settled

Are you sure you have the shoes setup correctly and the springs on the back plate correctly??? Jai

Over adjustment by the sounds of it m8 , or the shoes not seated correctly in the slave cylinder slots or the lower yokes . I wouldnt go driving around too much with them dragging that much you'll glaze the hell out of your shoes and new drums .