Originally Posted by
xqwisit

Here are a couple pics of the brakes in question. Just came back from a little ride and it happened again.
Brake pads don't fully engage off the roter when lever is depressed... so annoying as my ride turned out to be a struggle as the wheels were not spinning freely...

They appear to be HFX 9 XC brakes. The HFX 9s had a weakness in the design that may or may not relate to your problem; but I'm a bit unclear on what the problem is.
Your statement in bold is throwing me . . . are you trying to say that the brakes don't fully release/return when you let go of the lever? Or that they are sticking at some point when you pull on the lever and so are not making full contact/power?