Two completely seperate brakes that will both stop the bike on their own!
I had just turned left off of FM2499 onto Spinx and went to tap my brake and it just came off in my hand! Glad it happened today and not somewhere around mineral wells. Two zipties loosely through where the pivot was enough to be able to hold the brake lever on and make it useable.
Made it to work and into my special reserved spot with no further incident. I even decided to bring my pretty flag today.