if you have front drums and they are way out of adjustment, that could be the cause.
you can manually adjust the shoes from the bottom of the backing plate -- its an oval hole with a rubber pug in it.
jack the wheel up so you can spin it a bit while you tighten the brake shoes. as soon as I hear a scrape that's usually the right adjustment.
if that fixes it you should really open up the brakes and see why they are not self adjusting.