Brake problem, need help, non Mopar

I had a similar issue on my Durango once. Ended up finding that the friction material on the shoes extended too far towards the top of drum. Drum would install but when I rotated the drum it would drag bad. Then I noticed the drum was marking the top couple inches of the shoe friction. Pulled them off and laid them beside the old for comparison, sure enough the friction on the old shoes was shorter and didn't extend towards the top as far. Everything was new drums hardware etc. Took the shoes back to autozone and all they had in stock were the same. Ended up going to Napa, went together like it should. I had even disconnected the emergency brake because I thought it might be holding them up.