An electric parking brake device configured such that a parking lever in a drum brake is driven from a return position to an operating position by forward drive of an electric actuator to drive a brake shoe (12,13) from a return position to an operating position and the parking lever is driven from the operating position to the return position by reverse drive of the electric actuator to drive the brake shoe (12,13) from the operating position to the return position, wherein the electric actuator includes: an electric motor configured to be rotationally driven forward/reversely and the operation of which can be controlled by a motor control unit depending on a rotational load; a conversion mechanism configured to convert rotational motion into linear motion, to move the parking lever from the return position to the operating position in a forward drive state in which the electric motor rotates forward, and to move the parking lever from the operating position to the return position in a reverse drive state in which the electric motor reversely rotates; and a load applying mechanism configured to drive a constituent member of the conversion mechanism after the parking lever moves from the operating position to the return position by reverse rotation of the electric motor to apply a rotational load increasing depending on a drive amount of the constituent member to the electric motor, and wherein the motor control unit includes a calculation unit which calculates a rotational load determination value to determine whether a rotational load applied to the electric motor by the load applying mechanism when the electric motor reversely rotationally drives is a set value or more on the basis of a current supplied to the electric motor, and a reversely rotational drive stop unit which stops the reversely rotational drive of the electric motor after a no-load current value is calculated a set time after the reversely rotational drive of the electric motor is started and when the rotational load determination value is a reference value or more, wherein the rotational load determination value is a current value supplied to the electric motor, and a sum of a no-load current value detected in a reversely rotational drive state of the electric motor and a preset predetermined current value is defined as the reference value. an electric motor configured to be rotationally driven forward/reversely and the operation of which can be controlled by a motor control unit depending on a rotational load; a conversion mechanism configured to convert rotational motion into linear motion, to move the parking lever from the return position to the operating position in a forward drive state in which the electric motor rotates forward, and to move the parking lever from the operating position to the return position in a reverse drive state in which the electric motor reversely rotates; and a load applying mechanism configured to drive a constituent member of the conversion mechanism after the parking lever moves from the operating position to the return position by reverse rotation of the electric motor to apply a rotational load increasing depending on a drive amount of the constituent member to the electric motor, and wherein the motor control unit includes a calculation unit which calculates a rotational load determination value to determine whether a rotational load applied to the electric motor by the load applying mechanism when the electric motor reversely rotationally drives is a set value or more on the basis of a current supplied to the electric motor, and a reversely rotational drive stop unit which stops the reversely rotational drive of the electric motor after a no-load current value is calculated a set time after the reversely rotational drive of the electric motor is started and when the rotational load determination value is a reference value or more, wherein the rotational load determination value is a current value supplied to the electric motor, and a sum of a no-load current value detected in a reversely rotational drive state of the electric motor and a preset predetermined current value is defined as the reference value.