An apparatus for operating a parking brake that can reduce an operation
stroke. A connecting member has shoe insert grooves with brake shoes
inserted into both sides thereof. A first operation lever has one end
rotatably combined with one side face of the connecting member and
contacts with one of the brake shoes. A second operation lever has one
end combined with the other end of the first operation lever and the
other end rotatably combined with the other side face of the connecting
member and contacts with the other one of the brake shoes.