Before revision:  Here we provide a simple theory that explains how bond breaking and elastic relaxation can drive static adhesion hysteresis over a debonding / rebonding cycle.
After revision:  To understand this phenomenon, we start with a minimal theory for the peeling of a thin sheet from a substrate, coupling the local event of bond breaking to the nonlocal elastic relaxation of the sheet and show that this can drive static adhesion hysteresis over a debonding / rebonding cycle.