The invention discloses a brake shoe friction material, belonging to brake shoe material. Based on the traditional half-metal formula, the invention is pressed according to the production method of general brake shoe with the weight proportions of 5%-10% of the modified colophony, 5%-15% of the barium sulfate, 15%-20% of the steel wool, 5%-10% of the friction powder, 8% of the tyre powder, 4%-10% of the graphite, 5%-10% of the coke powder, 5%-10% of the potash feldspar, 2% of the light calcium carbonate, 2% of the antimony sulfide, 4% of the natural fiber, 2% of the rigid fiber, 5%-15% of the meerschaum, 6% of the iron powder, 2% of the zircon, 5%-10% of the vermiculite, 1% of the nitrile, 2% of the carbon, and 3% of the copper fiber. The invention has the advantages of good high-temperature and hot recession resistance, selecting the colophony with high temperature resistance as the bonder, hardly damaging the dual parts, selecting the friction material and metallurgy material with small hardness, and cheap cost.