Rear Strut Noise

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Mazda Protege Dx
A few months ago I started hearing clunking, and rattling in the rear right of my 2003 protege. I figured the body rusted away around the shock. The noise settled down a lot over the next few weeks.
Today I took apart the parcel shelf to get a better look. It's a little different than what I found posted already. Seems something rusted away on the strut/shock. What should one replace in this situation?

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It caught onto the body of the car, which settled the noise down quite a bit
 
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28-380A/Y - is this the RSM needed? Where do you source o.e parts for your protege?
Also, the spring top hat would be rusted away for this? I did not find a P/N for that one.
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