Junkyard swaps: Rear brake options for 8 1/4 and 8 3/4 axles.

I have a mixed report.
I went out to a couple of "Pick N Pull" yards today.
These guys embraced an annoying business model a few years ago. They have made it more customer friendly for the people that rarely ever go to the yards BUT it slows down everything for the people that know what they are doing. The cashier offers to look up their inventory for customers, to print out a list of the cars, to quote prices too. All the while, I have already looked at their online inventory and I know where the cars are in the yard.
I wanted to find some 10" drum brakes. Simple, effective and relatively light.
No rear wheel drive classics at the 2 yards I went to. The first was supposed to have a '69 Fury but the car was not there. This is a common thing....their inventory is rarely ever 100% accurate.
The 1/2 ton trucks and vans that did have rear drums were 11" and the bigger 5x5 bolt pattern that started sometime around the 1985 model year. I saw several Jeeps and a few Dakota trucks with both disc and drum brakes.
I did find a '73 Van with an 8 3/4" axle and 11" brakes. I pulled the 3.23 3rd member and the brakes. The shoes were worn out, the van looked to have been sitting for 20 years so I suspect that the wheel cylinders were rusted solid too.
The counter monkey did what most of them do: Itemize every individual part. Brake shoes. Springs. Wheel cylinders. Parking brake levers. Backing plates. Drums.
I asked if they had a sales code for a "Brake assembly". He said no.
$ 126 for the two drum assemblies with all the fees. The drums were rusty and the backing plates were heavily pitted. $126 for parts that aren't exactly what I wanted and I'd need at least another $70 or more in parts to make the brakes complete. I'd be in the set $200 easily.
The 3rd member was $130.
That is $250 for brakes and gears. The entire axle complete would have been right at $200 but I already have several axles here that need brakes !