Yeah gets me every time. After like a dozen brake jobs, I did finally spend the big money on a nice hydraulic flare tool from Matco I kept screwing up the flares or breaking the tools.
This weekend was brakes for me too! I ceased (they seem to have freed up) both drivers side calipers last week (they had like 500 miles on them since new OEM install) out of nowhere. My entire brake system (except abs module) has less than 5000 miles on it.