Hot rotor diagnosis help

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    Typical commute home (30 Mi), get home and rear drivers side rotor emitting alot of heat. I later removed it, replace all the parking brake components on both wheels. It needed to be done anyway, one shoe had ZERO pad on it. I needed a c clamp for the caliper piston. I had both rear wheels off the ground, both spun ffreely with no noise or hesitiation. Is it the caliper? Help. thanks
     
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    how hard was the piston to compress? it sounds like its on its way to seizing, i had two calipers do that exact thing.
     
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    ^^A little harder than normal...should I just replace it?