What does it matter where the parking brake is at? Do you E-Brake slide??? If so, with a very small amount of practice you can do it. People made fun of me when I used to do it.

As for the whine, it could be a number of things, the one that sticks out so bad in my head is the damn stearing rack. Does it intensify when you turn left or right? Another thing it could be is AC? does the whining stop when you turn the AC off? It could also be the alternator bearings. Another thing it could be is your transmission. Does it do it in all gears or just some gears? It is hard to diagnose a 'whine' over the internet. Hell if it was my GP the only whining is the Passengers, they always whine. But those are a few places for you to start looking and pay attention to what may make the whine less noticeable or make it worse....

P.S. Kill the caplocks........