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Got my kids out of the truck with the seat back folded forward and when I went to flip it back it's stuck. The only way I can drive if I'm a contortionist.
Your truck is not in front of me and if it were, that's where i would start. Can you see what the release mechanism is attached to? Maybe it just became disconnected or something like that.
Pull the lever off and see if the splines inside the lever are stripped. If they are make a trip to the junkyard and find another lever. You could probably move it back with a pair of vice grips but you don't want to mess up the splines.