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Caliper dust boots were ok?
Some drag is normal, but when compressing the caliper piston back into its bore, the fluid should be expelled through the bleeder. Two reason for this,, one being it gives a piston free moment indication, and the second purges debris if present.
If not, any debris that sits in the caliper (system low point) is pushed backwards into the system and brake lines and reintroduced back into the caliper. If the piston didn't push back fairly easy, could be it’s dragging with the retraction. .

Without hands on hard to gauge what your whitenessing,, but after the brakes were re applied, it should take light to slightly moderate grunt to turn the rotor by hand on through. If you need a pinch bar or leverage tool against the studs, , probably binding...