Beat the drum (a rear brake project)

I recently posted about having issues bleeding brakes as many do after changing a component in the system. After bantering back and forth with the usual suspects @FirstGenVol ,@Aerindel and some others I dug in to inspect.
After pulling things apart it seems that my bleeder on pads rear was clogged. There was a chunk of rust in that little bleeder hole before the pic. I'll find out after these drums dry and my helper and I bleed these bitches but I'm pretty confident judging from pictures...I'll update in a couple hours.
I'll likely end up tearing this all back apart after I get the parts I ordered or just save them for later. The only thing that doesn't look legit is the front shoe on each side being thinner on the bottom. But it's uniform between the 2 sides so maybe it's nothing but normal?
I'll add that if these are original drums, they last a while and damn the coating on factory stuff holds up well. I knocked off a lot of surface rust before repainted but very little pitting for the age.

 

I'm pretty sure the pad wear pattern is normal with these drums. I had just watched a Timmy the Toolman video where he was replacing the rear drums on a 4runner and those pads had worn down the same as yours.

 

Blocked bleeder... Nothing in the inside of drum or after last bleeding with a helper was abnormal. Pedal feels the same as it was prior to all this mayhem. 260+ in parts coming that I don't need just yet! FAK!