Drum brake replacement, wheel bearings and stub axles..

The rear drums on my 81 GTI needs replacement, so I decided to give it a shot yesterday.
Got the old ones off just fine, but when I was to fit the new ones I wasn´t able to retract the brake shoes enough to get them on.
I have the wedge type self adjusting shoes, so I tried to stick a screwdriver through one bolt hole in the drum to pry the wedge upwards. No luck.
I also made shure to push the lever on the brake pressure regulator towards the rear axle to release the brake pressure (this lever just popped right back again, though).
Any ideas on how to retract the brake shoes enough so that I could fit the new brake drums?

I also noticed some scoring on the tip of the stub axle. It didn´t look that bad but I could feel it with my finger (pics coming tomorrow). Should I replace this too?

Also, I think I´ll just replace the wheel bearings while I´m at it. Where can I find good quality wheel bearings and stub axles?

I´m going to the garage tomorrow, so I´ll make sure to take some pictures.

Anyone?

I´m suspecting I have to replace the wheel cylinder to get the drum on.

Here´s a picture of the right hand side stub axle, the scoring is easy to feel with my finger:



Should I replace it? The one on the left hand side has visual scoring, but I can´t feel it with my finger.

yeah id replace for piece of mind, are the drums/shoes the right size there are a couple sizes

New stub axles it is then. On the left side, I managed to fit the rotor, so I guess the size is right.