Rear Brake Dilemma

FWIW, I bought a set of new drums for my 10 inch brakes and they rubbed the backing plates. I figured it was just poor quality control. I ground the lip on my backing plate down a bit.
I bet you got front drums. I ordered 10" drums off rockauto that appeared to be described as "rear" (a bit confusing), but got front drums. I can buy those all day cheap, the SBP rears are un-obtanium. It appears one could cut the lip off front drums to fit the rear. Sounds like you figured that out, except you cut the backing plate lip (I wouldn't).