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If front wheel drive helps to have a bit of weight in the back. But that could be a bit homeopathic.
Also be gentle no need to pull the hand brake like your trying to rip out the mechanism from the floor, gently press the brake pedal not using the full travel or stamping like an emergency be gentle.
lynx
The majority of manual handbrakes with pads and discs, the piston needs to be wound back against the self adjusting clutch mechanism in the caliper, to reset them is usually pushing the brake pedal and operating the handbrake up to thirty times.
Obviously some manufacturers differ from others but that is the general rule.